MSI PRO B660M-E DDR4 (MS-7D46)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	360% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7D46
Motherboard	MSI PRO B660M-E DDR4 (MS-7D46) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211227
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '22 at 06:35
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-12400F-$128 48,886 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 72 1-Core 182 2-Core 351 105% 202 Pts	4-Core 573 8-Core 958 93% 765 Pts	64-Core 1,172 72% 1,172 Pts
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-XT-$301 21,558 User benchmarks, average bench 107% XFX(1EAE 6501) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.1.2 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 138 Parallax 247 97% 168 fps	MRender 222 Gravity 117 Splatting 149 131% 163 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$86 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 854GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2170 2100 2312 2492 2493 955 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	360% Outstanding	Read 1,987 Write 1,964 Mixed 1,742 SusWrite 2,087 439% 1,945 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 81.3 264% 95.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,693 DQ Write 1,484 DQ Mixed 1551 1,173% 1,576 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 360% Great: 410%
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 179GB free Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 120 109 115 132 117 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 308 Write 314 Mixed 195 SusWrite 127 53% 236 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 11.6 93% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 96.8 DQ Mixed 33.4 50% 97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 70%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 166 172 165 167 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 133 Write 99.6 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 167 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.7 244% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 90%
SAMSUNG HD204UI 2TB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 340GB free, PID 0400 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 40 42 43 43 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 50.5 Write 36.9 Mixed 29.6 SusWrite 42 52% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 99% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMH16GX4M2Z4000C18 2x8GB 427 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 31.4 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 25.4 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 96.8 41% 96.8 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 131%

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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 101%

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 95%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: MSI PRO B660M-E DDR4 (MS-7D46)

CPU
Core i5-12400FIntel $128Bench 98%, 48,886 samples	708x
Core i3-12100FIntel $80Bench 94%, 11,860 samples	148x
Core i5-12400Intel $144Bench 98%, 17,352 samples	147x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	282x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	135x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	74x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $75Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	67x
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples	54x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	44x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	106x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	54x
CMG16GX4M2D3600C18 2x8GBCorsairBench 91%, 3,448 samples	46x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $486

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16