MSI B460M-A PRO (MS-7C88)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.1% 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	271% 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	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '21 at 18:38
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th 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)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 709 78% 615 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 94.9% 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	76.1% Very good	Lighting 96.2 Reflection 97.9 Parallax 98.1 78% 97.4 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 89.5 Splatting 76.2 72% 89.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.1% 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: 997 1061 654 665 665 664 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 1,959 Write 1,827 Mixed 1,358 SusWrite 784 332% 1,482 MB/s	4K Read 67.3 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 92.6 311% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,205 DQ Write 963 DQ Mixed 1,090 814% 1,086 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 340%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 112GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 143 143 143 142 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 441 Mixed 367 SusWrite 160 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 53 197% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 171 180% 297 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% 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)	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 24.6 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 27.1 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 89%

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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	1,738x
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 $279Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	102x

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Total price: $631

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