MSI Z97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923)

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.9% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7923
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923) (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140422
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '17 at 12:26
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 74.7 1-Core 99.3 2-Core 201 70% 125 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 426 54% 408 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1569 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 77.6 Reflection 77.8 Parallax 69.2 63% 74.9 fps	MRender 76 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 60 56% 69.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 55 100 3383 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 389 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4133 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4185 (A9) Unknown 100 100 41 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4153 (AE) Unknown 100 100 35 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 100 214748364844 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 138 (E8) Unknown 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 853717 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8985 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11469	82.9% Excellent	Read 462 Write 414 Mixed 442 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 5.52 105% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 34.7 82% 169 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 86%
Seagate ST3500320SV 500GB 315 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 291GB free Firmware: SV16 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 94 196636036 (03) Spinup time 91 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2511 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 11 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 30257058683 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 48953 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 989 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 199 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032843 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 428 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 521732127 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 51539607583 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 40 196636036 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	45% Average	Read 79.9 Write 77 Mixed 61.1 54% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.21 56% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 58%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 152GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 174 171 4300 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2515 (05) Reallocated sector count 175 175 489 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29596 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 867 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2458 (C2) HDA temperature 113 89 34 (C4) Reallocation count 152 152 48 (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 5	29.2% Poor	Read 79.2 Write 22.5 Mixed 73.4 45% 58.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.27 82% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.9% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 13.6 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 91 44% 91 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	59x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	59x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	46x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	30x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	24x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	20x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	8x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	10x
DDR3 1600 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 16GBUnknownBench 57%, 60 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	8x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $577

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 $178	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