MSI B460M-A PRO (MS-7C88)

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.28% 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	61.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C88
Motherboard	MSI B460M-A PRO (MS-7C88) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200603
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '21 at 21:42
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-10100-$94 24,563 User benchmarks, average bench 80% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 76.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 236 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 670 67% 548 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 37,718 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7C88) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9168 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	5.28% Terrible	Lighting 5.7 Reflection 5.8 Parallax 6.5 5% 6 fps	MRender 8.4 Gravity 5.5 Splatting 9.4 6% 7.77 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.28% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKJ4.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 428 410 408 413 408 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 392 Write 289 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 412 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 16.4 4K Mixed 12.9 66% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 31.4 DQ Write 16.5 DQ Mixed 16.7 14% 21.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 100%
KIOXIA TransMemory 16GB 446 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 14GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 7.2 7 7.5 6.8 6.8 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	6.94% Terrible	Read 25.9 Write 5 Mixed 9.3 SusWrite 7.9 13% 12 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.94% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFRA266.C8FE CT8G4DFRA266.C4FE 16GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance (0^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 17 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 15.5 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 86.8 46% 86.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 79%

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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%

Destroyer

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	1,754x
Core i3-10100FIntel $70Bench 80%, 39,812 samples	735x
Core i5-10400Intel $130Bench 84%, 71,804 samples	512x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $195Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	381x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	327x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	314x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	143x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	134x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	104x

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	210x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	102x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $592

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16