MSI B460M-A PRO (MS-7C88)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	120% 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.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago, 6 months ago, 25 days ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C88
Motherboard	MSI B460M-A PRO (MS-7C88) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200821
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '23 at 22:58
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-10400-$130 71,804 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 216 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 743 73% 598 Pts	64-Core 950 59% 950 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$290 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 8795) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 125 Parallax 107 91% 114 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 94.7 Splatting 91.6 85% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lexar 500GB SSD 500GB 5,765 User benchmarks, average bench 172% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: V1.0.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 572 359 363 367 365 362 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 668 Write 326 Mixed 397 SusWrite 398 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 36.3 154% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 460 DQ Write 568 DQ Mixed 62.1 172% 364 MB/s
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 246%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 952GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 191 191 201 198 196 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 127 Write 144 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 195 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 101% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD48G320081 2x8GB 3,053 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.2% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 20.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 100%

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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 65%

Destroyer

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples	1,749x
Core i3-10100FIntel $70Bench 80%, 39,812 samples	734x
Core i5-10400Intel $130Bench 84%, 71,804 samples	512x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	381x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	327x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	314x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	143x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	133x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	103x

RAM
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	209x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	127x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	102x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $637

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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