MSI Z97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.7% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7923
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140522
Uptime	16.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '20 at 02:10
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 638 65% 528 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3369) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.4% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 139 Parallax 119 102% 128 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 130 Splatting 102 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apotop S3C 256GB 279 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0530A SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 185 103 83 96 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 431 Write 278 Mixed 52.8 SusWrite 130 49% 223 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 32.3 128% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 79.4 114% 211 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 208GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 159 161 130 120 140 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 160 Write 160 Mixed 110 SusWrite 144 106% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 9,944 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.7% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.3 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.2 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 70%

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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 $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 $273	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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