MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '20 at 01:57
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 75.1 2-Core 192 69% 120 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 398 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Nvidia(10DE 098A) 1.5GB Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 327.23 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Lighting 24.1 Reflection 25.4 Parallax 27.2 20% 25.6 fps	MRender 33.5 Gravity 22.7 Splatting 23.2 21% 26.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk X300 2.5 7MM 128GB 378 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3300012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 33 53 34 44 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	60% Good	Read 433 Write 101 Mixed 79.6 SusWrite 58.5 36% 168 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 26.2 102% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 153 121% 170 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 92%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 20GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 34 38 35 36 36 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 297 Mixed 316 SusWrite 78.9 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 53.5 174% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 236 212% 322 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 118%
Samsung PM810 2.5" 7mm 256GB 2,811 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 56GB free Firmware: AXM06D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 167 212 225 204 211 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 215 Write 231 Mixed 194 SusWrite 207 48% 212 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 60.7 4K Mixed 19.1 78% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 76.2 DQ Mixed 27.1 40% 76 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 55%
Toshiba MK5061GSY 500GB-$57 2,523 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 466GB free Firmware: MC000D SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 97 98 97 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 92.9 Write 100 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 97.4 58% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KVT8FP-HYC Hynix HMT451U6BFR8C-PB KVT8FP-HYC Hynix HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 16GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 17.8 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 20.2 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 61%

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Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 71%

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Workstation 20%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817) - $107

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	506x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	302x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	203x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	226x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	200x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	141x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	81x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	79x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	78x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	96x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	61x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	60x

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Total price: $537

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16