Performance
All tests were performed on the Biostar B760M-Silver motherboard, Intel i5-13600 processor, Nvidia RTX 4070 FE 12GB graphics card, 32GB Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5-7200 memory kit, and Patriot VP4300 Lite 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD on which was installed Windows 11 Pro. Everything else will be mentioned during the tests.
The motherboard has no problems boosting the CPU to its optimal frequency, as seen in the CPU-Z screenshot.
Processor performance and mixed load tests
During the tests, there were no problems with stability or reaching the processor’s declared frequency. Voltages were within’ specified values. The used CPU is locked, so we can’t perform additional overclocking, but it’s fast enough, so most users won’t ever need it to run faster. Biostar also describes the B760 series as designed for less demanding users who can live with locked processors, so the test setup seems just right for the target end-user.
Compression and decompression performance is just right. The 7-Zip benchmark passed multiple times with similar results.
Rendering benchmarks show slightly lower results than expected. Typically, we reach a 300 score in Blender, while on the B760M-Silver, it was 292-295, depending on the run.
In Cinebench R23, it looks a bit better.
PCMark 10
PCMark 10 seems essential due to its tests that simulate daily workloads. Here we have the Applications benchmark, which uses popular Microsoft Office to perform tests. Considering our test rig specifications, all the results are as high as expected.
Memory performance
The motherboard officially supports RAM up to 6000MT/s+. On the QVL, we can see memory kits up to 7200MT/s. However, every memory could run at this speed only in a single slot. It suggests that the maximum clock for a dual-channel setup will be at least 1-3 ratios lower. In our tests, we could boot at 6800MT/s with two memory modules, but problems with stability were all the way down to 6400MT/s. Below is a screenshot with the expected synthetic performance in AIDA64. This was the best and fully stable setting possible on our memory kits.
Storage performance
M.2 SSD performance is higher than expected. Intel chipsets usually can’t make much above 7000MB/s, while we have up to 7133MB/s on the B760M-Silver motherboard. It’s slightly better than on the B760A-Silver reviewed some months ago.
Since the B760M-Silver is limited to USB 3.2 Gen2x1, so 10Gbps ports, we can’t count on much more than 1GB/s USB bandwidth. On the Patriot USB SSD, we could reach 1030MB/s, which is about the maximum expected on this type of USB connection.
3DMark Storage results are lower than expected. It’s a bit strange, considering the high results in other storage benchmarks.
On the next page, we will check how the B760M-Silver performs in 3D tests and games.
