MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131009
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '19 at 06:06
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 107 2-Core 201 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 491 51% 410 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.2.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Lighting 77.7 Reflection 64.6 Parallax 97.4 63% 79.9 fps	MRender 64.3 Gravity 65.5 Splatting 82.6 59% 70.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 119GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 86 27 124 115 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 494 Write 444 Mixed 8 SusWrite 128 59% 268 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.3 40% 9.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 89 143 164 115 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 40.7 Write 89.2 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 113 59% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3750330SV 750GB-$101 148 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 698GB free Firmware: SV16 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 105 104 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 99.7 Write 14.3 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 104 50% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. KHX1600C10D3/4G 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 131 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 17.4 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 16.4 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 64%

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

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Typical B85M-E45 (MS-7817) Builds (Compare 2,210 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	501x
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	140x

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 $269	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 $177	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