MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '19 at 16:35
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 238 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 655 66% 533 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Lighting 46.3 Reflection 44.5 Parallax 39.8 38% 43.5 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 40.9 Splatting 35.6 31% 38.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black2 2.5" 1.120 TB (2013) 1,513 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 826GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 46 54 53 42 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 82.7 Write 80.3 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 47.5 43% 59 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 63%
ST2000LX001-1RG1 2TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2TB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 128 121 129 131 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 115 Write 125 Mixed 96 SusWrite 127 159% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 69% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 16GB 360 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 16.5 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

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	246x
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	151x
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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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