MSI Z97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7923
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923) (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140522
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '21 at 19:03
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (43^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 86.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 249 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 658 70% 561 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.4% 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: 461.40 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 137 Parallax 122 103% 128 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 125 Splatting 115 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apotop S3C 256GB 279 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0530A SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 203 154 159 129 146 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 461 Write 285 Mixed 269 SusWrite 153 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 40.4 140% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 186 164% 244 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 95%
Addlink M.2 PCIE G3x4 NVMe 1TB 6,131 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 488GB free Firmware: ECFM32.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 543 671 657 660 694 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 550 Write 585 Mixed 561 SusWrite 600 130% 574 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 64.1 200% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 770 DQ Write 759 DQ Mixed 850 615% 793 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 287%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 331GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 103 105 106 106 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 96.9 Write 100 Mixed 71 SusWrite 104 68% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 225% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 32GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1867, 1600, 1867, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 17.5 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 67%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 41: 5R 1G 13B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
41%	30%	63	104	1	120	27"	2048 1152	ACI27A7 ASUS MG279

History: Score 40: 5R 3G 6B | Score 41: 5R 1G 13B

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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 $269	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 $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