MSI Z97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (6th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 94 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 25.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	94.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (91%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7923
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923) (all builds)
Memory	1.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '19 at 13:02
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	91%

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PC Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	25.5% Poor	Memory 26.2 1-Core 36.6 2-Core 68.1 25% 43.6 Pts	4-Core 145 8-Core 136 19% 140 Pts	64-Core 128 8% 128 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8591) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2572 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.4% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 133 Parallax 113 98% 122 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 118 Splatting 101 88% 108 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 463 Write 487 Mixed 1101 155% 684 MB/s	4K Read 97.8 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 44.4 271% 88.7 MB/s	DQ Read 418 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 377 277% 366 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 110%
ESA3SMD2ISJB060GB 60GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 11GB free Firmware: N0815B SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 71 71 71 71 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.1% Below average	Read 288 Write 68 Mixed 112 SusWrite 70.6 30% 135 MB/s	4K Read 11.9 4K Write 37.2 4K Mixed 14.6 56% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 70.7 DQ Mixed 84.4 70% 102 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-032.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/4G 8GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 10.3 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 4.2 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 1.6 12% 4.07 GB/s	Latency 278 14% 278 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 58%

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

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Typical Z97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923) Builds (Compare 234 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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 $28Bench 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: $576

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16