MSI Z97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	25.1% 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	114% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7923
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '17 at 04:09
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.6 GHz, turbo 6.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 268 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 539 72% 540 Pts	64-Core 543 34% 543 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7923) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 13C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1717 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.1% Poor	Lighting 1.43 Reflection 104 Parallax 91 1% 65.5 fps	MRender 93.1 Gravity 91.5 Splatting 80.8 72% 88.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11244 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 350 (B1) Unknown 96 96 73 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 58 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 153 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17066400998	114% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 396 Mixed 417 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 45 181% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 101 135% 248 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 115%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 972GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 160 160 17197498573 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 274 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2221 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 119 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 289 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 289 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 154620461087 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	66.5% Good	Read 145 Write 87.6 Mixed 135 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.21 59% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 842GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 234974208 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1620 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 85673766 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11222 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 325 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 62 488374301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 45 45 111529 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 85899345949 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -32366873536463 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11908706366 (F2) Unknown 100 253 36933014632	90.8% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 133 Mixed 137 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 0.64 4K Mixed 0.23 68% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL8-4GBXM Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 0420 F3-14900CL8-4GBXM Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1867, 1333, 1867, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.5% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.8 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 24.2 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 71%

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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