MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 13:38
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 6.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 265 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 519 68% 508 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 138 Parallax 129 103% 131 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 121 Splatting 104 88% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 347 353 356 355 355 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 450 Write 344 Mixed 241 SusWrite 351 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 15.2 121% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 87.7 115% 205 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 22GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 456 Write 451 Mixed 411 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 64.5 215% 78 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 13GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 439 Write 454 Mixed 389 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 62.3 210% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 356 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 101GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.6 1.6 22 80 88 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 79.3 Write 79.8 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 47.4 53% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 124GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 100 102 101 100 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 100 Write 99 Mixed 54 SusWrite 101 65% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 112%

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 (47^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19.3 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.9 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 72%

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Typical B85M-E45 (MS-7817) Builds (Compare 2,207 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

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Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

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

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	501x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	298x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	224x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	199x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	139x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	81x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	78x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	77x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	95x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	61x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	60x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16