MSI B460M-A PRO (MS-7C88)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	13.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	222% 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	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 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C88
Motherboard	MSI B460M-A PRO (MS-7C88) (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '20 at 20:53
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (59^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-$99 153,026 User benchmarks, average bench 85% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 847 83% 678 Pts	64-Core 1,054 65% 1,054 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon 550 8,236 User benchmarks, average bench 14% AMD(1002 0B04) 2GB CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Lighting 14.9 Reflection 25.3 Parallax 19.5 12% 19.9 fps	MRender 23.4 Gravity 14.5 Splatting 20 16% 19.3 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 15%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 435GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 783 431 434 432 431 430 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,562 Write 1,511 Mixed 1,215 SusWrite 490 267% 1,194 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 79 283% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,125 DQ Write 783 DQ Mixed 999 734% 969 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 237%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFRA32A.M8FJ 1x8GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.4% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 10.9 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 13.8 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 62%

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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 $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