MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	0.45% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	88.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	60.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 20:13
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 2,434 User benchmarks, average bench 77% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 84.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 225 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 646 66% 531 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Device(0000 0000) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 341.81 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	0.45% Terrible	Lighting 0.53 Reflection 0.81 Parallax 0.09 0% 0.48 fps	MRender 0.76 Gravity 0.43 Splatting 0.57 0% 0.59 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.45% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC400 512GB-$180 2,804 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 262GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.W Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 3962 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 352 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 622 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1114203 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C2) HDA temperature 64 60 171799609380 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9082 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8170 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4656 (F4) Unknown 100 100 17 (F5) Unknown 100 100 91 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2379328	88.1% Excellent	Read 518 Write 405 Mixed 411 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 11.1 104% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 11.5 87% 202 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 362GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	24.2% Poor	Read 41.2 Write 42.7 Mixed 41.4 32% 41.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.32 88% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 67%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 50GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 55.4 Write 61.2 Mixed 49.3 72% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.22 72% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x16GB 2,431 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72% Very good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.2 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 22.3 64% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 122%

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

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Typical C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 39 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 19%

Surfboard

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998)

CPU
Xeon E3-1230 v5IntelBench 77%, 2,254 samples	9x
Xeon E3-1245 v5IntelBench 76%, 2,081 samples	5x
Xeon E3-1275 v5IntelBench 78%, 368 samples	4x

GPU
Quadro P600NvidiaBench 16%, 3,885 samples	3x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	3x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	2x

SSD
S3 2T00 2TBSandiskBench 99%, 7,927 samples	3x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	3x
Force MP600 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCorsair $164Bench 314%, 35,257 samples	3x

RAM
9965669-001.A01G 9965669-006.A02G 16GBKingstonBench 73%, 5 samples	4x
9965745-002.A00G 9965669-009.A00G 9965745-002.A00G 9965669-009.A00G 48GBKingstonBench 71%, 5 samples	3x
Value DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 73%, 9,293 samples	3x

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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