MSI Z97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.2% 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	159% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7923
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '19 at 03:07
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 196 78% 132 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 391 55% 406 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Zotac(19DA 2454) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	32.2% Below average	Lighting 40.1 Reflection 32 Parallax 38.3 33% 36.8 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 39 Splatting 37.4 31% 38.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$60 162,275 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 357GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 574 609 629 624 584 522 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 735 Write 648 Mixed 593 SusWrite 590 144% 641 MB/s	4K Read 55.3 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 70.1 243% 85.4 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 500 DQ Mixed 222 222% 351 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 209%
Team T2535T480G 480GB 1,628 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 385GB free Firmware: R1001A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 352 366 373 382 388 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 447 Mixed 432 SusWrite 368 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 34.4 156% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 52 103% 208 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 442GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 198 197 201 201 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 136 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 198 111% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 16GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18.3 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 63%

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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 $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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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