MSI B85-G43 (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.76% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	95.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI B85-G43 (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140717
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '17 at 12:15
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 102 2-Core 192 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 380 51% 380 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7816) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4332 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.76% Terrible	Lighting 3.67 Reflection 6.31 Parallax 6.41 3% 5.46 fps	MRender 9.29 Gravity 2.27 Splatting 7.52 5% 6.36 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.76% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 128GB-$106 3,356 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1335 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1458 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 567898 (AE) Unknown 100 100 35 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 567898 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 896 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 15109 (F1) Unknown 100 100 241747 (F2) Unknown 100 100 222698	95.9% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 333 Mixed 268 80% 364 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 37.3 150% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 73.3 98% 180 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 67GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 167 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3441 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7566 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1448 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3418 (C2) HDA temperature 115 101 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.3% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 78.6 Mixed 64.8 60% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.29 98% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown GY1866D364L9A/4G 2x4GB 242 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.3% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.1 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 20.3 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 74%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 (MS-7816) - $90

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	227x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	76x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	72x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	104x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	69x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	57x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	34x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	34x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	36x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 22,320 samples	35x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	31x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $584

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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