MSI B460M-A PRO (MS-7C88)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90% 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	248% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C88
Motherboard	MSI B460M-A PRO (MS-7C88) (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200821
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '21 at 04:53
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10400-$125 71,804 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 241 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 682 64% 531 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 8795) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 126 Parallax 110 92% 116 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 97.5 Splatting 92.6 86% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lexar 1TB SSD 1TB 3,679 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 509GB free (System drive) Firmware: V1.0.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1629 1638 1645 1644 1657 593 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 1,784 Write 1,529 Mixed 1,019 SusWrite 1,468 325% 1,450 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 45 225% 86.6 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 660 DQ Mixed 71.3 164% 324 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 271%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 192 198 201 189 200 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 130 Write 163 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 196 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 86% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD416G320081 2x16GB 658 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 22.7 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 20.8 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 110%

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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	1,746x
Core i3-10100FIntel $70Bench 80%, 39,812 samples	734x
Core i5-10400Intel $125Bench 84%, 71,804 samples	511x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	381x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	327x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	102x

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Total price: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16