MSI H97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.1% 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	71.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7923
Motherboard	MSI H97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140422
Uptime	11.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '19 at 00:44
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 101 2-Core 205 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 366 46% 351 Pts	64-Core 366 23% 366 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2847) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Lighting 31.5 Reflection 29.3 Parallax 36.8 26% 32.5 fps	MRender 40.1 Gravity 38.8 Splatting 32.7 30% 37.2 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 114 120 121 111 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 381 Write 143 Mixed 191 SusWrite 116 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 35.3 140% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 113 94% 135 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 79%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 244GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 127 127 126 127 127 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 177 Write 178 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 127 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.6 442% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 1,965 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 18.2 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $73Bench 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 $269	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 $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 $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