MSI B460M-A PRO (MS-7C88)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.4% 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	292% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C88
Motherboard	MSI B460M-A PRO (MS-7C88) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201130
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '21 at 18:05
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-10100F-$70 39,812 User benchmarks, average bench 80% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 268 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 730 77% 618 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Zotac(19DA 3527) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.4% Very good	Lighting 96.5 Reflection 98.8 Parallax 90.1 79% 95.1 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 89.7 Splatting 77.3 72% 89.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 266GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1177 1268 600 593 595 597 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	292% Outstanding	Read 2,496 Write 2,341 Mixed 1,386 SusWrite 805 392% 1,757 MB/s	4K Read 67 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 91.1 309% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,176 DQ Write 938 DQ Mixed 1,073 798% 1,062 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 292% Great: 340%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 112GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 142 141 141 142 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 332 Mixed 407 SusWrite 177 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 54.9 199% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 173 181% 298 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.C8FAD1 2x8GB 894 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2533 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 23.9 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 35.7 SC Mixed 27.1 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 89%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 65%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: MSI B460M-A PRO (MS-7C88) - $197

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel $99Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	1,736x
Core i3-10100FIntel $70Bench 80%, 39,812 samples	732x
Core i5-10400Intel $130Bench 84%, 71,804 samples	509x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	381x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	326x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	314x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	143x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	133x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	103x

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	209x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	126x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	102x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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