MSI B460M-A PRO (MS-7C88)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11.5% 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.
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 (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

1 month ago, 5 days ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C88
Motherboard	MSI B460M-A PRO (MS-7C88) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20200603
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '23 at 13:23
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	51%

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 i3-10100F-$74 39,812 User benchmarks, average bench 80% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 528 57% 452 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8A90) 2GB CLim: 1203 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Lighting 10.9 Reflection 27.5 Parallax 16 9% 18.1 fps	MRender 24.1 Gravity 11.9 Splatting 24.1 17% 20 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SNVS500G 500GB 29,613 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: EDFK0N01 Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 1,202 Write 1,634 Mixed 1,231 304% 1,356 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 55.6 226% 88 MB/s	DQ Read 947 DQ Write 540 DQ Mixed 625 497% 704 MB/s
Poor: 121% Great: 248%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 403GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 183 187 187 187 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 168 Mixed 103 SusWrite 186 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 99,207 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.8% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 23.1 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 21.1 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 28: 0P 5R 0G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
28%	14%	57	124	11	165	24.5"	1920 1080	LEN66D6 G25-20

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Gaming 65%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: MSI B460M-A PRO (MS-7C88) - $170

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel $105Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	1,288x
Core i3-10100FIntel $74Bench 80%, 39,812 samples	578x
Core i5-10400Intel $125Bench 84%, 71,804 samples	382x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $228Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	276x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	245x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $120Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	218x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $17Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	104x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	103x
A400 480GBKingston $26Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	84x

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $81Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	174x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	96x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	77x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $601

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $320	Nvidia RTX 3060 $350	Crucial MX500 250GB $34
Intel Core i5-12600K $194	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $420	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i5-12400F $158	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $830	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $43	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) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16