MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

23 months ago, 22 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140701
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	May 27 '22 at 21:02
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 99 2-Core 199 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 394 51% 384 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 873A) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Lighting 93.8 Reflection 91.7 Parallax 86.3 76% 90.6 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 80.1 Splatting 72 71% 89.2 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 256GB 11,652 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 133 146 136 152 142 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	55% Above average	Read 355 Write 246 Mixed 239 SusWrite 149 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 14.1 93% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 24.1 41% 80.2 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 69%
WD My Passport 0830 500GB 1,616 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 265GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 99.5 Write 104 Mixed 60.2 110% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 592 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	42.6% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 12.7 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 14.1 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 60%

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

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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	298x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	224x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	199x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	139x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	81x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	78x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	77x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	95x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	61x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	59x

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Total price: $536

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