MSI MS-7238

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 20% Surfboard	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 41.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	7.13% 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	2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	MSI MS-7238 (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 2 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20070531
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '17 at 10:07
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 6300-$40 5,234 User benchmarks, average bench 34% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.45 GHz, turbo 2.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Memory 74 1-Core 28.2 2-Core 55.2 37% 52.5 Pts	4-Core 56.2 8-Core 56 8% 56.1 Pts	64-Core 55.8 4% 55.8 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 40%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX 3,983 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gainward(10B0 0801) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	7.13% Terrible	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 9.04 Parallax 3.56 8% 7.57 fps	MRender 4.95 Gravity 7.37 Splatting 5.91 5% 6.08 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.13% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3160811AS 160GB-$45 4,832 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 89 128490483 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5819 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 840615922 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35068 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5621 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 281 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 50 639041574 (C2) HDA temperature 38 50 34359738406 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 66 45 155079240 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	34.2% Below average	Read 60.3 Write 58.8 Mixed 55.3 44% 58.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.33 73% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 40%
Hitachi HDS728080PLA380 82GB-$33 2,259 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 31GB free Firmware: PF2OA60A Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 101 101 17192714439 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2773 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13750 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2473 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3112 (C2) HDA temperature 144 144 223338889254 (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 200 253 112	26.9% Poor	Read 48.8 Write 44.8 Mixed 47.2 35% 46.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.3 76% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x1GB 68,489 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 2 of 2 slots used 2GB DIMM SDRAM Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	MC Read 6.4 MC Write 6 MC Mixed 5.9 17% 6.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 6 17% 5.97 GB/s	Latency 92.5 43% 92.5 ns
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 20%

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

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Gaming 1%

Tree trunk

Desktop 20%

Surfboard

Workstation 1%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI MS-7238

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	5x
Core2 6600Intel $90Bench 37%, 8,894 samples	2x
Pentium Dual E2180Intel $130Bench 33%, 7,312 samples	1x

GPU
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	3x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	2x
HD 5850AMDBench 15%, 15,020 samples	1x

SSD
AS350 240GBApacerBench 80%, 294 samples	2x
SU650 240GBAdata $70Bench 70%, 47,016 samples	1x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	1x

RAM
2x1GBUnknownBench 14%, 68,489 samples	4x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	4x
7GBUnknownBench 24%, 8,824 samples	1x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $100

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