MSI MS-7338

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 39.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	9.23% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

CPU throttled at 70% 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.

Motherboard	MSI MS-7338 (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 4 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20081119
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '17 at 18:50
Run Duration	92 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	70%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad-$90 5,765 User benchmarks, average bench 43% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Memory 68.1 1-Core 18.4 2-Core 36.8 31% 41.1 Pts	4-Core 71.4 8-Core 72.8 10% 72.1 Pts	64-Core 72.4 4% 72.4 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 49%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 275-$250 3,083 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Device(0000 0000) 896MB Ram: 896MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	9.23% Terrible	Lighting 12.7 Reflection 9.38 Parallax 5.81 10% 9.29 fps	MRender 9.57 Gravity 10.5 Splatting 6.78 7% 8.95 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.23% Great: 10%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 146 141 3675 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 335 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1405 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 328 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 254 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 41766 (C2) HDA temperature 111 93 32 (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	43.3% Average	Read 75.4 Write 75 Mixed 72.5 56% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.32 93% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM SDRAM Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	MC Read 4.8 MC Write 3.7 MC Mixed 4.2 12% 4.23 GB/s	SC Read 4.5 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 5 13% 4.6 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 44%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical MS-7338 Builds (Compare 3 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 51%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI MS-7338

CPU
Xeon X5460Intel $190Bench 52%, 10,360 samples	2x
Core2 Quad Q9500IntelBench 48%, 5,111 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 260Nvidia $250Bench 7%, 11,945 samples	2x
GTX 950Nvidia $100Bench 26%, 111,509 samples	1x

SSD
Burst 120GBPatriotBench 66%, 15,567 samples	1x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	2x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	1x

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Value: 29% - Poor

Total price: $440

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 $179	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