MSI C236M WORKSTATION (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 35% Jet ski	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 30.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	7.26% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	119% 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.

Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 5% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI C236M WORKSTATION (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170104
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '17 at 16:51
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	71%
CPU Throttled	5%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 3,017 User benchmarks, average bench 74% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Memory 43.8 1-Core 25.5 2-Core 51.1 26% 40.1 Pts	4-Core 96.4 8-Core 96 13% 96.2 Pts	64-Core 94.2 6% 94.2 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD P530 (Server Skylake) 5,499 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7972) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4590 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.26% Terrible	Lighting 7.67 Reflection 10.9 Parallax 7.44 6% 8.68 fps	MRender 9.67 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 15.7 9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.26% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Hellfire NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$233 2,120 User benchmarks, average bench 142% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 1,919 Write 199 Mixed 357 175% 825 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 23.3 91% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 64.2 DQ Mixed 15.6 20% 35.2 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 195%
Goodram SSD 240GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 159GB free Firmware: 5.0.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 -130240588269617 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4079 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 767 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14163 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14615 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14615 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18091	39.8% Below average	Read 197 Write 171 Mixed 159 39% 175 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 37.7 4K Mixed 11.2 61% 22.2 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 55.9 DQ Mixed 9.14 25% 55.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 754GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7086 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13079 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3480 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 828 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6257 (C2) HDA temperature 107 95 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	84.1% Excellent	Read 177 Write 116 Mixed 120 103% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.65 4K Mixed 0.21 94% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 4x4GB 1,850 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	43.4% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 19.3 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8.6 23% 8.03 GB/s	Latency 185 22% 185 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 102%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 20%

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Motherboard: MSI C236M WORKSTATION (MS-7972)

CPU
Xeon E3-1270 v5IntelBench 78%, 1,290 samples	3x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	2x

GPU
Quadro M2000NvidiaBench 21%, 5,678 samples	3x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	1x

SSD
MX300 525GBCrucial $150Bench 86%, 105,037 samples	3x
X400 1TBSanDisk $310Bench 85%, 2,086 samples	2x
480GB 480GBSSDBench 65%, 2,159 samples	1x

RAM
KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G 04CD F4-2133C15-8GIS 16GBKingstonBench 63%, 4 samples	2x
CT8G4DFS8213.M8FB 4x8GBCrucialBench 76%, 127 samples	2x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x16GBCorsairBench 69%, 3,147 samples	1x

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Value: 14% - Very poor

Total price: $150

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16