MSI B460M-A PRO (MS-7C88)

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C88
Motherboard	MSI B460M-A PRO (MS-7C88) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201130
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '21 at 10:43
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	MKD-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$98 153,026 User benchmarks, average bench 85% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 80.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 256 85% 156 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 792 80% 648 Pts	64-Core 1,046 65% 1,046 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Gigabyte(1458 405A) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 172 Parallax 168 153% 176 fps	MRender 193 Gravity 137 Splatting 116 118% 148 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 41 83 99 28 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 427 Write 273 Mixed 363 SusWrite 75.5 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 35.7 148% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 20.5 68% 152 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 649GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 156 156 155 155 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 109 Mixed 102 SusWrite 156 103% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 248% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905743-044.A00G 1x16GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 10.8 40% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 13.9 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 54%

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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	1,744x
Core i3-10100FIntel $70Bench 80%, 39,812 samples	733x
Core i5-10400Intel $99Bench 84%, 71,804 samples	511x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $239Bench 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	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	127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	102x

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Total price: $637

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16