MSI C236M WORKSTATION (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.43% 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	162% 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.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI C236M WORKSTATION (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170508
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '17 at 09:10
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 227 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 448 59% 444 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD P530 (Server Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 7972) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 22.20.16.4771 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.43% Terrible	Lighting 7.7 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 7.53 6% 8.8 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 7.03 Splatting 15.6 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.43% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Goodram SSD 240GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 218GB 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 104 104 8751303 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 -110037062107173 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4411 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 813 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (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 120 120 8751303 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8751303 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8751303 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17923 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17894 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17894 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18475	48.9% Average	Read 211 Write 166 Mixed 142 38% 173 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 10.7 97% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 26.7 DQ Write 93.7 DQ Mixed 9.92 22% 43.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 84%
Patriot Hellfire NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$233 2,120 User benchmarks, average bench 142% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 1,992 Write 723 Mixed 1,015 272% 1,243 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 20.2 118% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 33 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 19.8 31% 56.7 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 195%
WD Gold 4TB (2016)-$94 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01M02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 112 (03) Spinup time 144 144 25802506655 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 18 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 130 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 171 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 171 (C2) HDA temperature 125 125 244814643248 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	102% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 167 Mixed 155 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 4.15 4K Mixed 0.37 157% 1.82 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 111%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 746GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8474 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15140 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3814 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 874 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7599 (C2) HDA temperature 105 83 38 (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	71.3% Very good	Read 131 Write 118 Mixed 95.6 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 0.57 4K Mixed 0.24 84% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.3% 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 as expected (53^rd percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 25.2 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 102%

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Typical C236M WORKSTATION (MS-7972) Builds (Compare 8 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 22%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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