MSI PRO B660M-B DDR4 (MS-7D45)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	8.34% 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	370% 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.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7D45
Motherboard	MSI PRO B660M-B DDR4 (MS-7D45) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1152 x 864 - 32 Bit colors, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20230110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '23 at 12:41
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	70%

PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-12100-$122 2,263 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 83.6 1-Core 172 2-Core 345 106% 200 Pts	4-Core 663 8-Core 791 94% 727 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Asus(1043 84D8) 2GB CLim: 1032 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	8.34% Terrible	Lighting 9.5 Reflection 12 Parallax 11.4 8% 11 fps	MRender 13.4 Gravity 11.6 Splatting 10.4 10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.34% Great: 8%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SNV2S500G 500GB 18,653 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 332GB free (System drive) Firmware: ELFK0S.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2671 2416 1049 1301 1426 569 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	370% Outstanding	Read 1,659 Write 2,744 Mixed 2,187 SusWrite 1,572 463% 2,040 MB/s	4K Read 77.3 4K Write 349 4K Mixed 119 454% 182 MB/s	DQ Read 1,798 DQ Write 1,272 DQ Mixed 1570 1,163% 1,547 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 370% Great: 323%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GB 58,684 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 41.7 MC Write 42.7 MC Mixed 38.2 117% 40.9 GB/s	SC Read 26.1 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 31.3 96% 33.7 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 111%

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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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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 95%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: MSI PRO B660M-B DDR4 (MS-7D45)

CPU
Core i5-12400FIntel $133Bench 98%, 48,886 samples	193x
Core i3-12100FIntel $95Bench 94%, 11,860 samples	77x
Core i5-12400Intel $152Bench 98%, 17,352 samples	39x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	62x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	38x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	29x

SSD
SNV2S500G 500GBKingstonBench 233%, 18,653 samples	26x
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples	24x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	18x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	27x
KF3200C16D4/16GX 2x16GBKingstonBench 91%, 43,162 samples	22x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	21x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $407

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16