MSI Pro B760M - does not identify processor correctly

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Just picked up this M/B roughly a month ago and suddenly stumbled across the fact that the 13th gen processor I had purchased for it appears to show it is an i7-13700 ( in my dreams..) instead of the i3-13100 that I actually bought... I also saw on the support pages that there was a BIOS update release a couple of weeks ago (04/09/26) that purportedly included microcode updates - which I always thought WAS to accommodate "newer processors ", so I flashed it to the latest release and it STILL shows an i7! 🤔
NOT that I terribly mind the incorrect identification for sure.. I'd LOVE an i7 like that but this is only for use as an inexpensive little "peer-server" which really does not require something like an i7 chip.
Now, on another point: this is not the first time I've seen this to be the case on yet another inexpensive little uATX MSI M/B (Pro 610M) which I built for similar uses which also misidentified THAT 12th gen processor (i3-12100) as an i7.. HUH? Uh... Hello..?? It's either misidentifying microcodes - or I got TWO back-to-back very cheap i7's sold as i3's.. (Yeah that's gonna happen)
Although.. this IS a blazin' fast i3, I gotta say.
Any clues here, folks...?
 
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That is quite odd. Could you take a photo of the main BIOS screen, as well as a screenshot of the HWinfo "Summary" screen? I want to see what is read out by the BIOS vs. by the OS.
 
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Y'know.. this had occurred to me as well (and I should've posted that info on the original post) but insofar as from what I've read, Windows can sometimes retain 'misinformation' and/or mis-identification from an earlier period (IE: prior to the latest BIOS update). But this is what it now says, so I am well and truly mystified as to what exactly is happening here (although in doing this I also noted that the BIOS date seemed that it might NOT be 'current' since the latest update was released on 04/09/26) so just to be certain, I downloaded and flashed once again and now see (as I did before) it reveals a BIOS date of 03/04/26 (.. Hmmm...)
BUT - still it identifies the processor as the i7-13700 processor as shown in the attached pic I took just 5 minutes ago. So... Not certrain what to think. And I also noted that the Intel ME firmware was included on that support page, so ALSO did the ME firmware update separately as well - but this too had already been updated via the BIOS flash and I wouldn't think the Management Engine firmware would have any affect on a potential 'microcode misidentification'. But what the heck do I know. I dunno... a mystery for me I guess...
 

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BTW: both the 12th gen and the 13th gen processors were received in OEM Intel retail packaging with processor cooling 'sinks and fans... so - one might THINK that would mean 'unsullied' OEM devices...
And my bad... I forgot to include the msinfo screen on the earlier reply, but when I get back there I'll do a screen grab and send it along... but this too seems to reflect an i7-13700 if memory serves. But hail.... by now I'm questioning everything, so... get back to ya here ASAP
 
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Can you specifically read it out with HWinfo? It also shows some other information that's not on MSInfo.
 
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Nichrome said:
You mean.. scamazon?
I say you should inspect those CPUs as someone most likely switched the IHS. But I have no idea why would someone do that with what's meant to be i3 and you receive an i7.
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I've started considering he encountered a delivery or packing error.
However, it's a bit premature to draw conclusions without HWinfo, performance tests, and product photos.
 
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Sorry for delay - "family issues"...
I'd forgotten I even had the HWINFO app - but (since it was 'older' version) also re-downloaded the latest version and just ran it and this is what I got.. (see pic)
So -anyone want to lend their best opinion as to just WTH is going on here? If it weren't for the fact that this hardware is buried inside the PC that I'm using right now, I'd take a quick pic of the top of the processor and send it too, but from what I can glean from the info I can see in this shot, I am thinking some sort of 'mislabeling' thing (??) or - elephino... 'cuz I don't. Kinda beginning to think this is an actual, honest-to-god i7-13700...! As to how THAT happened, well..no clue here... 'cuz I paid Amazon only about 1/3 that 'normal' price for an i7 (IE: like close to $430..?). Sheez... Things like that just don't happen to people like me...
Maybe I should go buy a Powerball ticket... As for just a 'gut-reading' of performance(?), this blows my i5-13500 in my personal desktop into the weeds...
But I ain't sending it back, y'know..?
And yes I know about the failing Seagate 4TB disk - just gotta 'clear' that cost with "the powers that be"
 

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Well. It certainly looks like a real 13700 here. Eight P-cores (with 16 threads) plus eight E-cores, while the 13100 would just have four P-cores / eight threads and no E-cores. Base clock and maximum turbo also matches the 13700. In fact, it all matches, down to the Spec Code SRMBA.

Do me a favour, let's look at a few things at once next: Start HWinfo Sensors, and produce full CPU load with Cinebench R23, running the "CPU Multi" benchmark. After completing a 10 minute run, note down the score and take a screenshot of the full-screen HWinfo sensor window, with all the sensors visible at once, like this:

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The resulting score and the sensor data will tell us without a shadow of a doubt what CPU this is. Well, the CPU might not be able to stretch its legs that much, I wouldn't think that you'd use a huge air cooler or a water cooler for it. But we should get enough clues.

As for the 13100 vs. 13700 thing, a 1 and a 7 are easily confused, especially depending on where someone is from. For example in the US they can write "I" for 1, which in Europe would never happen, we also have a horizontal dash going through the middle of a 7. But that 7 without the dash in the middle can look like a 1 to someone, depending on the font they may use in whatever software they're looking at. Of all the different CPU model names, those two are for sure the most similar-looking, so I could see how this can happen.
 
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In all honesty, while I am real curious, if I spend much of any additional time on this 'research' (?) .. those "powers that be" might have a justification to ask "..just why the h*** are you doing this?", and those kind of objections are not what I need right now. So for right now, I'm just gonna smile and say, "OK - my work is done here.."
Just gotta say I really enjoy working for small businesses....
 
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Alright. But by all indications, that's a proper 13700. It would be next to impossible for all readouts to match it perfectly, so this is not a wrong model name read out by the BIOS somehow. Because then most of the other things (especially the multipliers) should match a 13100, but they match a 13700.
 
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Latest update:
I JUST looked at this processor top (scrubbing off the thermal grease with 93% alcohol) and it does indeed indicate an i7-13700 on the 'lid' of the processor, which perplexed me to the point I , immediately went back to my office / workbench area and started digging thru some trash that is collected for recycling once a week, thinking I no longer had the Intel "OEM" packaging and (as normal) had put it in the recycling crap. But being the anal-retentive arse that I am - I dug around and actually FOUND that thin cardboard box (or MOST of it anyway) at the very bottom of the recycle bin stuck (actually, seemingly 'glued' by detritus) behind the wheel well molded into the bottom of the bin (good ole Waste Management had just replace our old broken bin out in the alley about two months ago). And even though stained and stinking to high heaven, under some close examination with a magnifying glass, it actually does (or so it appears) to say i3-13100 - I think ...
Now, I just KNOW Intel did not package this incorrectly... And pure speculation takes me to places I don't want to even acknowledge as regards Amazon sources, but in any case, I've been chasing ghosts it seems. But I ain't bitchin'.. and this client just got the "deal of the century" IMHO... I think she owes me a drink, at least - as well as that 'outstanding' invoice she has not yet paid.
 
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Of maybe some note:
Despite what I said in one of my earlier posts....My conscience is bothering me.
Sufficiently so, that I'm making efforts to contact this Amazon seller to attempt to return this chip and maybe just get what I actually ordered and paid for..
Karma is a [***CENSORED***], and I don't need stuff like that.
So, I've already made contact with the person who I sold this PC to and ordered yet another i3-13100 from that same Amazon reseller and intend to swap these out as soon as the REAL i3 shows up. Right now, having issues just contacting these folks but I'll keep trying, and I'll find some future use for whatever it is that I wind up with..
But, it has been kind of a real treat working with this chip, nonetheless... 😁
I want one... Or maybe a 14th gen... Hmmmm
 
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