MSI H97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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. 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 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24.8% 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	84.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7923
Motherboard	MSI H97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923) (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140422
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '17 at 07:19
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4130-$42 49,509 User benchmarks, average bench 52% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 95.4 2-Core 185 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 197 33% 233 Pts	64-Core 217 13% 217 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 04B4) CLim: 1236 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24.8% Poor	Lighting 30 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 32.7 24% 31.5 fps	MRender 30.3 Gravity 26.8 Splatting 34.2 25% 30.5 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate 600 240GB-$215 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: C675 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13903 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1375 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 33 0 51543539745 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 92 92 9 (EA) Unknown 100 100 122891 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9364 (F2) Unknown 100 100 16401 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 12810	84.5% Excellent	Read 486 Write 295 Mixed 391 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 28.8 118% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 13.3 75% 173 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 462GB free Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 217953123 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8408 (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 170 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 34529543724 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19969 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2328 (B4) Unknown 100 100 824490875 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BC) Unknown 100 99 589837 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 53 504758302 (C2) HDA temperature 30 47 60129542174 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 18 217953123 (C4) Reallocation count 96 96 170 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	58.6% Above average	Read 105 Write 99.8 Mixed 95.8 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.48 102% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8JTF25664AZ-1G4D1 4x2GB 1,097 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.4 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 17.7 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 52%

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

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: MSI H97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923)

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	18x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	14x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	10x
GTX 770Nvidia $279Bench 34%, 116,895 samples	6x

SSD
MX100 256GBCrucial $116Bench 83%, 55,768 samples	5x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	4x
M500 240GBCrucial $54Bench 77%, 31,779 samples	4x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 52%, 19,522 samples	4x
ValueSelect DDR3 1600 C11 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 2,884 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	3x

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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $510

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 $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 $45	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