MSI B460M-A PRO (MS-7C88)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	75.3% 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	56.3% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C88
Motherboard	MSI B460M-A PRO (MS-7C88) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20200506
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '23 at 21:53
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10400F-$98 153,026 User benchmarks, average bench 85% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Memory 69.1 1-Core 58.1 2-Core 93.1 47% 73.4 Pts	4-Core 169 8-Core 202 24% 186 Pts	64-Core 252 16% 252 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Nvidia(10DE 13D3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.18 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Lighting 93 Reflection 135 Parallax 88.6 76% 106 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 82 Splatting 75.4 74% 93.7 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS120GSSD220S 120GB 8,401 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0628A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 85 47 81 51 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 375 Write 45.9 Mixed 255 SusWrite 96.5 42% 193 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 18.4 93% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 88.7 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 29.1 64% 126 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 96%
Hitachi HTS545050B7E660 500GB 1,596 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 215GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 86 88 87 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 82.3 Write 96.8 Mixed 55 SusWrite 87.3 59% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KF3200C16D4/8GX 16GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 20.8 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 14.8 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 96%

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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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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 59%

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

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	1,741x
Core i3-10100FIntel $70Bench 80%, 39,812 samples	733x
Core i5-10400Intel $99Bench 84%, 71,804 samples	509x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	381x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	326x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 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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Total price: $637

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16