MSI MS-B9201

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star H310 Gaming Trident3 (MS-B920)
Motherboard	MSI MS-B9201 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190430
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '20 at 15:59
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9400F-$101 299,482 User benchmarks, average bench 85% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 78.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 603 70% 546 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 8D91) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.3% Good	Lighting 84 Reflection 78.5 Parallax 75.9 68% 79.5 fps	MRender 65.4 Gravity 76.2 Splatting 74 59% 71.9 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXA7301Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,229 Write 1,067 Mixed 993 244% 1,096 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 62.4 211% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,160 DQ Write 1,152 DQ Mixed 1,269 922% 1,194 MB/s
Poor: 130% Great: 296%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 7,881 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 305GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 342 364 366 350 349 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 338 Write 343 Mixed 259 SusWrite 348 73% 322 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 30.1 4K Mixed 23.8 74% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 172 125% 161 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 127%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB 5,327 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.3% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 21 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 19.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 83.2 48% 83.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 107%

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

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Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI MS-B9201

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel $101Bench 85%, 299,482 samples	272x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	221x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	208x

GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	123x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	117x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	101x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 217%, 80,540 samples	71x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBIntel $60Bench 156%, 162,275 samples	46x
SSDPEKNW256G8 256GBIntelBench 119%, 1,046 samples	41x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 96,646 samples	111x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 108,106 samples	103x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 44%, 44,819 samples	67x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $220

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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