MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.1% 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.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140220
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '21 at 18:55
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 247 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 662 70% 559 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 77.7 Reflection 87.1 Parallax 76.5 63% 80.4 fps	MRender 78.2 Gravity 76.2 Splatting 66.8 60% 73.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 103 100 100 107 95 MB/s Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	60.1% Good	Read 219 Write 144 Mixed 172 SusWrite 102 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 36.6 127% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 118 91% 122 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 290GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 181 182 184 183 187 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 116 Write 113 Mixed 65.9 SusWrite 183 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 688GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 107 108 108 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 190 Write 178 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 107 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 112%
Staples Relay 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 15GB free, PID 005b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5 6.5 4.4 5.7 5.1 6.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	4.75% Terrible	Read 16.2 Write 2.2 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 5.5 8% 7.65 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 19% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.75% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 18.6 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 72%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) - $90

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	293x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	245x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	221x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	237x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	150x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	141x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	74x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	70x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	45x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 52%, 19,522 samples	31x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $584

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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