MSI B85M Night Elf (MS-7823)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	25.5% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7823
Motherboard	MSI B85M Night Elf (MS-7823) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '21 at 05:35
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$35 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 222 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 570 63% 498 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Nvidia(10DE 1138) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.5% Poor	Lighting 35.9 Reflection 48.2 Parallax 30.6 29% 38.2 fps	MRender 37.3 Gravity 38.6 Splatting 0.3 18% 25.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 36%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 392GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 74 37 68 91 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 137 Write 147 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 71.4 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.4 96% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U7AFR8C-PB 2x4GB 156 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.7% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 8.8 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 10.5 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 56%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 34: 2R 5G 9B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
34%	13%	127	316	223	60	23.8"	1920 1080	SAM100E S24R35x

History: Score 29: 3R 3G 5B | Score 34: 2R 5G 9B

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Typical B85M Night Elf (MS-7823) Builds (Compare 22 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI B85M Night Elf (MS-7823)

CPU
Core i3-4160Intel $79Bench 55%, 48,506 samples	4x
Core i5-4690Intel $51Bench 67%, 73,695 samples	2x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	3x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	3x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	2x

SSD
MX500 250GBCrucial $39Bench 101%, 77,177 samples	3x
PM851 2.5 7mm 512GBSamsungBench 71%, 527 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 49%, 26,466 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	2x
2x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 3,862 samples	1x

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Value: 47% - Average

Total price: $317

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