MSI MS-B9201

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	190% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star H310 Gaming Trident3 (MS-B920)
Motherboard	MSI MS-B9201 (all builds)
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20191112
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '21 at 01:24
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700-$243 79,875 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 262 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 931 84% 708 Pts	64-Core 906 56% 906 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 8D93) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.39 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 113 Parallax 130 102% 123 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 114 Splatting 104 107% 135 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme WDC PC SN720 SDA 1TB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 605GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10126000 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 617 952 854 869 808 826 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 1,402 Write 1,249 Mixed 1,303 SusWrite 821 268% 1,194 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 47 180% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 903 DQ Write 380 DQ Mixed 688 497% 657 MB/s
Poor: 190% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 292%
SABRENT 1TB 2,168 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 620GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 172 181 183 184 185 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 22% Great: 87%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 9,009 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 323GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 74 74 73 73 73 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 71 Write 75.2 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 73 84% 62.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 43%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,758 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 258GB free, PID 0100 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 91 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 73.3 Write 77.7 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 89 92% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 44%
Toshiba External USB HDD 1TB 574 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 263GB free, PID a004 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 36 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 37.4 Write 32.7 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 36 45% 33.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64HZ-2G6J1 2x16GB 630 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 35.3 MC Mixed 27 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 37.2 SC Mixed 26 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 90%

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-B9201

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel $85Bench 85%, 299,482 samples	280x
Core i5-8400Intel $114Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	224x
Core i7-8700Intel $186Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	214x

GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	124x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	119x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	102x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 217%, 80,540 samples	75x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBIntel $60Bench 156%, 162,275 samples	46x
SSDPEKNW256G8 256GBIntelBench 119%, 1,046 samples	41x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 96,646 samples	113x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 108,106 samples	105x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 44%, 44,819 samples	69x

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Value: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $204

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16