MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.1% 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	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 8 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150410
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '19 at 02:14
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 3.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 215 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 521 56% 447 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.1% Very good	Lighting 86.1 Reflection 89 Parallax 74 70% 83 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 104 Splatting 106 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Excelstor Technology J8160S 165GB 1,235 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: P22OAB3A SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 48 55 54 60 58 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 50.8 Write 54 Mixed 28 SusWrite 52.9 34% 46.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 39%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 67GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 82 93 99 100 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 106 Write 89.5 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 90.1 62% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 85%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 546GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 78 83 90 91 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 80.8 Write 84.3 Mixed 52 SusWrite 82.7 55% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 96%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 151GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 55 56 56 58 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 63.3 Write 57 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 55.7 40% 55 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 69%

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 1400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.8% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 9.5 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 9.7 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 72%

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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	292x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	244x
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	149x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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