MSI MS-B9201

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	75.4% 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	161% 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star H310 Gaming Trident3 (MS-B920)
Motherboard	MSI MS-B9201 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '20 at 15:24
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700-$250 79,875 User benchmarks, average bench 92% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 147 2-Core 288 96% 176 Pts	4-Core 579 8-Core 1,136 102% 858 Pts	64-Core 1,137 70% 1,137 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$209 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 8D91) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Lighting 99.8 Reflection 89.6 Parallax 78.9 81% 89.4 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 81.6 Splatting 79.3 64% 77.7 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1032 512GB 7,253 User benchmarks, average bench 167% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20140000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 486 461 441 402 387 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 680 Write 644 Mixed 633 SusWrite 422 134% 595 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 66.8 233% 86.8 MB/s	DQ Read 840 DQ Write 778 DQ Mixed 1069 731% 896 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 204%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 93GB free Firmware: AX001Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 66 66 66 66 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 82.8 Write 83.1 Mixed 41.6 SusWrite 65.9 50% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.4 80% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CTD Hynix HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 16GB 337 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 23.3 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 24.3 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 81%

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

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: MSI MS-B9201

CPU
Core i5-9400FIntel $98Bench 85%, 299,482 samples	273x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	221x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	212x

GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	123x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	118x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	102x

SSD
PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 217%, 80,540 samples	71x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBIntel $60Bench 156%, 162,275 samples	46x
SSDPEKNW256G8 256GBIntelBench 119%, 1,046 samples	41x

RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 1x8GBSamsungBench 40%, 96,646 samples	112x
M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 108,106 samples	104x
M471A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GBSamsungBench 44%, 44,819 samples	67x

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Value: 108% - Outstanding

Total price: $217

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