MSI Z97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.47% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7923
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923) (all builds)
Memory	21.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '21 at 08:55
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 236 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 636 67% 535 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 7923) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.47% Terrible	Lighting 3.7 Reflection 2.7 Parallax 7 3% 4.47 fps	MRender 8.5 Gravity 2.7 Splatting 5.1 4% 5.43 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.47% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,535 Write 2,098 Mixed 1,514 454% 2,049 MB/s	4K Read 73 4K Write 236 4K Mixed 105 370% 138 MB/s	DQ Read 1,005 DQ Write 993 DQ Mixed 1075 787% 1,024 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300 2,857 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 894GB free Firmware: X212T0RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 467 476 468 472 476 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 481 Mixed 285 SusWrite 471 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 43.5 170% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 162 172% 286 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 98GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 108 108 106 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 114 Write 103 Mixed 55.2 SusWrite 107 69% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 254GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 83 84 85 83 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 85.6 Write 55.5 Mixed 65 SusWrite 82.8 54% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 84%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 425GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 66 66 63 68 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 76.5 Write 51.6 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 64.2 49% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 83%
WD WD80EZZX-11CSGA0 8TB 694 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 410GB free Firmware: 83.H0A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 100 98 106 101 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 169 Write 160 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 100 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.3 229% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 3x8GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	58% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16.5 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 59%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 83%

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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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16