MSI B460M-A PRO (MS-7C88)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 84%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics104% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7C88
MotherboardMSI B460M-A PRO (MS-7C88)  (all builds)
Memory28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200821
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 23 '22 at 04:14
Run Duration213 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing as expected (41st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-10400F-$99
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
87.9% Excellent
Memory 87.9
1-Core 122
2-Core 241
84% 150 Pts
4-Core 472
8-Core 735
75% 604 Pts
64-Core 993
62% 993 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 87.9%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 6600-XT-$301
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.5.2
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 109
Reflection 136
Parallax 234
89% 160 fps
MRender 213
Gravity 117
Splatting 177
138% 169 fps
Poor: 105%
This bench: 104%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
147GB free
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 357 351 326 325 324 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
122% Outstanding
Read 512
Write 487
Mixed 464
SusWrite 362
103% 456 MB/s
4K Read 43.9
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 60.2
203% 71.9 MB/s
DQ Read 386
DQ Write 343
DQ Mixed 359
270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 122%
Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
286GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 54 66 97 105 51 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
64.7% Good
Read 148
Write 127
Mixed 91.4
SusWrite 77
82% 111 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 64.7%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (26th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68.7% Good
MC Read 26.8
MC Write 26.5
MC Mixed 19.3
69% 24.2 GB/s
SC Read 14.4
SC Write 28
SC Mixed 19.8
59% 20.7 GB/s
Latency 69.6
58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 68.7%
Great: 112%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical B460M-A PRO (MS-7C88) Builds (Compare 4,433 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 65%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Excellent Total price: $638
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