MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 36.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	37.7% 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	48.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 24% 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-7816
Motherboard	MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '17 at 16:33
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	36%
CPU Throttled	24%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	36.6% Below average	Memory 61.1 1-Core 21.6 2-Core 45.1 30% 42.6 Pts	4-Core 72.3 8-Core 78.7 10% 75.5 Pts	64-Core 85.3 5% 85.3 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37.7% Below average	Lighting 38.5 Reflection 54.2 Parallax 66.4 31% 53 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 62.4 Splatting 53 50% 62.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 135 100 391 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 816 (A6) Unknown 100 100 189 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 241 (A9) Unknown 100 100 20 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 228 (AE) Unknown 100 100 91 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 100 219043332133 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 7 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 24860 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4619 (F2) Unknown 253 253 15877	48.5% Average	Read 492 Write 202 Mixed 285 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 30.7 4K Mixed 3.61 46% 17 MB/s	DQ Read 92.6 DQ Write 72.8 DQ Mixed 23.2 34% 62.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 78%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 660GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2350 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1136 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 807 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 809 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1071 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	96.6% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 156 Mixed 150 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.33 127% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	41.9% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 17.6 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 6.8 16% 5.63 GB/s	Latency 124 32% 124 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 73%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 27%

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

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	292x
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	235x
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 $80Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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