MSI C236M WORKSTATION (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	79.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	116% 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI C236M WORKSTATION (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	9.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '24 at 00:44
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^st 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 way below expectations (5^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Memory 76.1 1-Core 96.8 2-Core 155 65% 109 Pts	4-Core 237 8-Core 335 36% 286 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.8% 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: 546.33 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.9% Very good	Lighting 98.5 Reflection 110 Parallax 100 80% 103 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 96.5 Splatting 97.5 79% 96.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.9% 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% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 180 109 157 132 164 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 1,098 Write 846 Mixed 279 SusWrite 169 132% 598 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 36.8 135% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 754 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 134 185% 357 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 365%
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 4GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 463 Write 402 Mixed 355 305% 407 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 32.4 6,234% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 39.5 1,142% 215 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 59%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$23 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 400GB free Firmware: HPRB SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 109 109 111 111 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 12.4 Write 28.2 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 109 34% 46.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.9 305% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 64%

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	52.5% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 18.8 54% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 13.5 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 71%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	58	120	23.8"	1280 720	AOC2402 24G2W1G4

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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%

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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