MSI PRO B660-A DDR4

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.13% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	327% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 months ago, 7 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7D59
Motherboard	MSI PRO B660-A DDR4 (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit 色彩
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220708
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '23 at 09:56
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-12500-$245 3,045 User benchmarks, average bench 99% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 79.6 1-Core 169 2-Core 335 103% 195 Pts	4-Core 579 8-Core 979 95% 779 Pts	64-Core 1,152 71% 1,152 Pts
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 770 2,512 User benchmarks, average bench 7% MSI(1462 7D59) 1GB Driver: <> Ver. 31.0.101.4032 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	8.13% Terrible	Lighting 9.2 Reflection 17.2 Parallax 10.6 8% 12.3 fps	MRender 12.7 Gravity 12 Splatting 10.2 9% 11.6 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.13% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$30 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 388GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2047 906 785 792 794 795 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	327% Outstanding	Read 2,383 Write 2,211 Mixed 1,690 SusWrite 1,020 409% 1,826 MB/s	4K Read 64.7 4K Write 200 4K Mixed 95.7 326% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 1719 DQ Write 1,356 DQ Mixed 1,489 1,127% 1,521 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 327% Great: 355%
Kingston A400 480GB-$33 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 269GB free Firmware: SAJ20104 SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 419 430 429 428 430 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 420 Mixed 393 SusWrite 427 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 35.5 161% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 115 126% 208 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 207 206 210 211 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 149 Write 185 Mixed 78.1 SusWrite 208 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.3 272% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFRA32A.M8FE 2x8GB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	88.1% Excellent	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 30.4 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.8 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 81.2 49% 81.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 109%

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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 127%

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Desktop 104%

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Workstation 120%

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Motherboard: MSI PRO B660-A DDR4 - $166

CPU
Core i5-12400FIntel $140Bench 98%, 32,972 samples	404x
Core i5-12600KIntel $215Bench 109%, 57,538 samples	247x
Core i5-12400Intel $161Bench 98%, 12,519 samples	172x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $260Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	250x
RTX 3060Nvidia $285Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	183x
RTX 3070Nvidia $490Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	155x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $50Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	129x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $59Bench 260%, 140,876 samples	79x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $60Bench 386%, 206,100 samples	64x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	89x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $65Bench 86%, 53,237 samples	64x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 96%, 47,657 samples	56x

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Value: 128% - Outstanding

Total price: $661

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $316	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12600K $215	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $397	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $60
Intel Core i5-12400F $140	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $800	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $54	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16