REVIEW | MSI MAG B460M Mortar: Yep, this beats cheaper Z490s |

At the beginning of the 10th week. The next generation of Intel processors will soon be released, and with many cards starting to flood the market – with such a wide choice and tight prices among the available cards, can you really find a card that’s cheap, but as close to high-end cards as possible? Enter the MSI MAG B460M mortar

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While Tomahawk, the cheaper Z490 from the MSI product line, works as a redundant overclocking card, can the Mortar B460M handle an amplified clock or an Intel processor base clock with cheaper cards?

Specifications

What is in the field?

The standard MSI case with a motherboard with fewer inclusions than the Z490 option is understandable because we notice that many manufacturers remove the inclusions to concentrate on the card itself, while the price remains low.

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This is essentially the Z490 without gain.

There is no doubt that the Z490 as an OC-compatible card is the way forward for future tests, but it seems that Intel will take the same steps as AMD in future tests because they have provided a good platform for their intermediate level boards.

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If you placed the Tomahawk Z490 and this shelf next to it, you would notice that most of the physical characteristics of the top shelf remain unchanged in the B460m mortar, which only makes this version less functional than the top shelf.

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Why do you need a muscular exterior if you’re working for a non-OK? Even if that fails, you can still increase the turbo of the locked processor to the specified clock speed. Something that increases the heat and processing power of your chosen processor. The B460m is not cheap on the heat sinks, which can actually pass it on as an option to M-ATX users if they find the ATX cards too big.

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Performance and Benchmarking tests

We decided to supplement our results with the MSI Z490 Tomahawk because it would be a good starting point to find out where the MSI B460M mortar is on the market – as it has a place in the performance of the Z490 motherboards and the B-series enclosed boards.

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A processor worthy of the name for this test is the Intel I9 10900K, which would really be the most asked to see if it really competes with the Z490.

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Test bench :

Motherboard: Processor MSI MAG B460M Mortar
: Graphics processor Intel I9 10900K
: MSI RTX 2060 Gaming Z
RAM: Trident Cooler Z Royale 3000mhz 16GB dual set DDR4 (with clock frequency up to 2933)
: Noctua D15

It doesn’t matter how much we want to test a number of games with a processor and motherboard that don’t maximize the load on that hardware. In this context, we have drawn up the following to measure the standard profile and the OR profile with the Board of Directors.

– Cinebench (full and multicore)
– 3DMark
– Blender time test BMW Render time Test
– Blender temperature test

Cinebench R20 single and multiple tests

The B460M mortar comes close to the Z490 Tomahawk in our multi-core test – also note the difference in closing price between two planks. Despite the fact that the Z490 gets really close, it can still push the unlocked processor further.

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A kernel is no different, but there is one striking difference – it is still surprising that the B460M card may require the same processor speed as the Z-partner card.

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3D marking (processor evaluation)

It’s amazing how close the B460M is to the Z490, but note that the Z490 Tomahawk is not the cheapest model in MSI’s Z series – theoretically, the B460M can fill the gap compared to the Z490 A-Pro.

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BMWMixer running time

The Z490 Tomahawk did excellently in this rendering test, and the B460M, with some limitations, did slightly less, yet close enough to be considered excellent in its price range.

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Mixing temperature test

This last test shows that the same chilled beef from two boards fights well enough to get lower temperatures. The B460M mortar does its best to keep the temperature low by using an unsuitable processor, but it works quite well.

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Convictions and recommendations

The B460M mortar resembles a demigod in the sense that the Z490 has a similar performance, but does not have all the power to tame an unlocked processor. In some parts of the world, there is an acute shortage of M-ATX motherboards, and that may be enough if you really need a card that can at least withstand the temperature of an unlocked CPU in stock or an upgrade.

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I would call this board a children’s version of the Z490 Tomahawk, and I’m really proud of it, and I don’t want it to have features for less than $200.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah:

This is a Z490 with limitations – in times of scarcity or selection constraints it may still be sufficient to handle the raw power of unlocked and permanently locked processors. With almost the same cooling characteristics as the entry-level Z490, it’s a real wind in the back.

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Lack of importance – Of course, keeping the price low is part of the way brands keep the product on par with the target market. The B460M mortar missed a few things, but not the most important.

Delays:

You can get a Z490 – a few dollars and you get a Z490, it’s like a tax to win the scenario, but it’s the other side of the coin where it’s an option for people who have extra money to blow.

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We’re going to be MSI B460M Mortar – Platinum Award – It’s too good to be a B460M – Why is it here? Maybe for the locked overhead processors? This is good for people who don’t really play with their components, and with this performance of the standards, we see a good application in this case.