MSI PRO B660-A DDR4

Performance Results


Gaming 141% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 121% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	151% 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	87.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 11 months ago, 10 months ago, 9 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7D59
Motherboard	MSI PRO B660-A DDR4 (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220304
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '23 at 13:56
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-12100F-$95 11,860 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 80.8 1-Core 95.1 2-Core 298 82% 158 Pts	4-Core 578 8-Core 797 87% 687 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Gigabyte(1458 404C) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.68 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	151% Outstanding	Lighting 224 Reflection 204 Parallax 199 183% 209 fps	MRender 198 Gravity 151 Splatting 133 128% 161 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 158%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team TM8FP6512G 512GB 6,771 User benchmarks, average bench 195% 236GB free (System drive) Firmware: SN08868 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 201 204 210 207 208 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 516 Write 205 Mixed 229 SusWrite 202 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 27.9 157% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 181 140% 190 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 270%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2A2666C16 2x16GB 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 30.7 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 20.3 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 94%

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

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Typical PRO B660-A DDR4 (MS-7D59) Builds (Compare 1,870 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 127%

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Desktop 104%

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Workstation 119%

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Motherboard: MSI PRO B660-A DDR4 - $194

CPU
Core i5-12400FIntel $133Bench 98%, 48,886 samples	490x
Core i5-12600KIntel $163Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	288x
Core i5-12400Intel $144Bench 98%, 17,352 samples	195x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	288x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	221x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	187x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	141x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	84x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	70x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	102x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	73x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 90%, 101,975 samples	72x

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Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $803

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16