MSI Z97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	4.2 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 13:11
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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-$99 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 above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 91.2 2-Core 183 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 340 46% 344 Pts	64-Core 351 22% 351 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8591) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2572 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 155 Parallax 133 117% 144 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 139 Splatting 114 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% 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 3,898 Write 3,385 Mixed 3,240 781% 3,508 MB/s	4K Read 459 4K Write 265 4K Mixed 328 1,256% 351 MB/s	DQ Read 1,473 DQ Write 1,226 DQ Mixed 1259 968% 1,319 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 110%
ESA3SMD2ISJB060GB 60GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 11GB free Firmware: N0815B SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 71 71 71 62 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	66.6% Good	Read 484 Write 71.7 Mixed 120 SusWrite 69.5 40% 186 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 33.5 123% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 71.4 DQ Mixed 85.7 71% 104 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 66.6% 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 above expectations (73^rd percentile)	55.9% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 17.5 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 15.6 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 55.9% 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%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16