MSI C236M WORKSTATION (MS-7972)

Performance Results

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Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI C236M WORKSTATION (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	12.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '22 at 23:52
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 81 1-Core 98.8 2-Core 190 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 557 57% 461 Pts	64-Core 573 35% 573 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.4% Very good	Lighting 95 Reflection 106 Parallax 95.4 77% 98.9 fps	MRender 91.5 Gravity 95 Splatting 95.7 77% 94.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$94 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1206 Write 1,506 Mixed 1,411 309% 1,374 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 68 226% 80.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,051 DQ Write 633 DQ Mixed 786 601% 823 MB/s
Poor: 149% Great: 365%
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 457 Write 404 Mixed 331 297% 397 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 35 6,820% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 210 2,201% 272 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 59%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$23 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 441GB free Firmware: HPRB SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 110 110 111 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 101 Write 108 Mixed 63.4 SusWrite 110 70% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 385% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 64%
Mass Storage Device 32GB 3,072 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 18GB free, PID 1212 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 18.4 Write 12.2 Mixed 12.5 SusWrite 11 17% 13.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 3.3 232% 4 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G 04CD F4-2133C15-8GIS 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.8% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 19.6 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 17.9 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 71%

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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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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