MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	131% 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.

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

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160121
Uptime	24 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '19 at 09:11
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 2,081 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 209 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 595 60% 485 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro M2000 5,678 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Nvidia(10DE 1190) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1651 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.16 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	Lighting 28.7 Reflection 30.1 Parallax 27.1 23% 28.6 fps	MRender 26.3 Gravity 27 Splatting 27 22% 26.8 fps
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLV512 512GB 2,994 User benchmarks, average bench 137% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 121 115 115 106 94 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 1,049 Write 207 Mixed 289 SusWrite 114 90% 415 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 38.9 189% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 997 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 274 280% 480 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 173%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 929GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 77 78 78 102 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 205 Write 81.3 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 81.3 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 135% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$7 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 27GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 39 19 18 19 19 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 132 Write 57.3 Mixed 75 SusWrite 27.2 86% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 3.5 227% 3.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 38%
USB 2.0 Flash Disk 0GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 6025 Operating at USB 1.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	0.79% Terrible	Read 1 Write 1 Mixed 1 SusWrite 1.1 1% 1.02 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 12% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.79% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9965669-006.A02G 2x8GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.7% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 23.1 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 19.8 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 89%

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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%

Surfboard

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 $500Bench 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 $170Bench 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 $239	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16