MSI CSM-B85M-E45 (MS-7817)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI CSM-B85M-E45 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	15.7 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '21 at 22:12
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	30%

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 i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 199 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 389 52% 391 Pts	64-Core 379 23% 379 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 72%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon LCH-128V2S-HP 128GB 704 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 48GB free Firmware: 2C03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 145 146 146 146 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 468 Write 146 Mixed 198 SusWrite 145 52% 239 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 31.5 120% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 149 124% 181 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 79%
WD WD2500JD-00HBB0 250GB-$140 3,296 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: 08.02D08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 43 53 55 35 49 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 18.1 Write 24.2 Mixed 12.7 SusWrite 47.3 19% 25.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 33%
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB-$30 12,971 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 264GB free Firmware: CC2H SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 115 118 117 118 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 110 Write 114 Mixed 53.2 SusWrite 117 72% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 65%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 339GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 62 65 64 64 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 101 Write 94.1 Mixed 52.9 SusWrite 63.7 57% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U7CFR8A-H9 HMT351U6EFR8C-PB 0215 CMX8GX3M1A1333C9 HMT351U7CFR8A-H9 20GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.6 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 17 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 52%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 9%

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Motherboard: MSI CSM-B85M-E45 (MS-7817)

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	21x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	17x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	16x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	14x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	12x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	8x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
870 QVO 1TBSamsung $109Bench 95%, 80,665 samples	7x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	6x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	5x
BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 1315 BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 32GBUnknownBench 56%, 7 samples	5x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $240

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16