MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 30% Raft	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 19%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	17.7% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 5% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '17 at 15:15
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	32%
CPU Throttled	5%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	19% Very poor	Memory 26.3 1-Core 23.5 2-Core 46.8 19% 32.2 Pts	4-Core 66.5 8-Core 76.1 9% 71.3 Pts	64-Core 88.6 6% 88.6 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BE) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 21.9 Reflection 16.7 Parallax 20.2 18% 19.6 fps	MRender 25.6 Gravity 23.3 Splatting 16.9 17% 21.9 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 503GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 63 30701214 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4235 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 116703448 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4289 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4232 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 63 572522530 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4270 (C2) HDA temperature 34 9 38654705698 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 30701214 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -73671574024013 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19493711569 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10907285244	63.6% Good	Read 108 Write 114 Mixed 112 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.11 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.24 49% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 112%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 206GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 306 (03) Spinup time 115 115 25791758669 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 16930 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 129 129 30 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 27295 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 15252 (C0) Power-off retract count 86 86 17005 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 17005 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 231928889380 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	44.7% Average	Read 77.3 Write 78.2 Mixed 77 58% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.44 104% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.5% Below average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 15.8 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 4.1 SC Mixed 6.2 15% 5.2 GB/s	Latency 277 14% 277 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 62%

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 20%

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

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	502x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	300x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	225x
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
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	78x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 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 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	60x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16