MSI B460M-A PRO (MS-7C88)

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.45% 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	49.5% 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	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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200603
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '21 at 15:43
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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-$48 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 way below expectations (8^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 59 1-Core 123 2-Core 250 76% 144 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 670 68% 553 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.1% 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. 27.20.100.9316 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	5.45% Terrible	Lighting 5.8 Reflection 5.8 Parallax 6.8 5% 6.13 fps	MRender 8.5 Gravity 6 Splatting 10 7% 8.17 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.45% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKJ4.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 422 428 395 390 364 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 358 Write 168 Mixed 18.7 SusWrite 364 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 16.5 4K Mixed 0.1 44% 13.2 MB/s	DQ Read 48.9 DQ Write 15.5 DQ Mixed 17.5 17% 27.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 100%

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)	38.7% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 12.8 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 10.3 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 131 31% 131 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 38.7% 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	1,760x
Core i3-10100FIntel $70Bench 80%, 39,812 samples	741x
Core i5-10400Intel $124Bench 84%, 71,804 samples	512x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $195Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	383x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	330x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 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	105x

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: $593

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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