MSI MS-7246

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 27% Raft	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	3.85% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	3GB 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. 3GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	MSI MS-7246 (all builds)
Memory	1.6 GB free of 3 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20081103
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 22:57
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 1.85 GHz, turbo 1.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	39% Below average	Memory 71.3 1-Core 21.4 2-Core 42 33% 44.9 Pts	4-Core 42.7 8-Core 42.2 6% 42.5 Pts	64-Core 41.7 3% 41.7 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 40%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 36F8) 1GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 361.75 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.85% Terrible	Lighting 4.6 Reflection 4.23 Parallax 4.25 4% 4.36 fps	MRender 4.29 Gravity 3.8 Splatting 6.17 4% 4.75 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.85% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD1600JB-00GVC0 160GB 1,016 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.05R15 Max speed: UDMA 100 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 121 114 4483 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 379 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 31 31 50563 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 228 (C2) HDA temperature 110 253 40 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 155 0	16.4% Very poor	Read 26.2 Write 30.6 Mixed 28.2 21% 28.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.24 71% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 32%
WD WD1600JB-00GVC0 160GB 1,016 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 148GB free Firmware: 15.05R15 Max speed: UDMA 100 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 112 108 4916 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4611 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29924 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2711 (C2) HDA temperature 117 253 33 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 155 0	16.5% Very poor	Read 26.6 Write 30.5 Mixed 27.5 21% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.37 88% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 32%
WD WD2500KS-00MJB0 250GB-$78 8,440 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 134GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 183 5433 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11948 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21009 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6623 (BE) vendor-specific 60 48 40 (C2) HDA temperature 110 98 40 (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	34.5% Below average	Read 59.8 Write 60.1 Mixed 38.9 39% 52.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.44 108% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3GB 81,553 User benchmarks, average bench 14% null MHz 512, 1024, 1024, 512 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	9.26% Terrible	MC Read 1.7 MC Write 2.4 MC Mixed 1.6 6% 1.9 GB/s	SC Read 3.6 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 4.1 12% 4.03 GB/s	Latency 98.4 41% 98.4 ns
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.26% Great: 23%

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Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 3%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI MS-7246

CPU
Core2 6600Intel $90Bench 37%, 8,894 samples	1x
Core2 QuadIntel $90Bench 43%, 5,765 samples	1x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	1x

GPU
HD 6870AMDBench 15%, 25,443 samples	1x
Radeon HD 3800ATIBench 5%, 3,400 samples	1x
GeForce 8600 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 8,099 samples	1x

SSD
SP900 512GBAdataBench 55%, 926 samples	1x

RAM
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	2x
1GBUnknownBench 13%, 4,189 samples	1x
4x0.5GBUnknownBench 13%, 2,291 samples	1x

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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $90

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 $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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