MSI H97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 22 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7923
Motherboard	MSI H97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923) (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140422
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '22 at 10:29
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 94 2-Core 171 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 356 48% 355 Pts	64-Core 344 21% 344 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49% Average	Lighting 59.1 Reflection 70.6 Parallax 62.7 48% 64.1 fps	MRender 69 Gravity 61.8 Splatting 56.9 51% 62.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 232 161 168 172 157 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 323 Write 199 Mixed 248 SusWrite 174 53% 236 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 39.3 145% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 287 206% 265 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: HP33 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 156 156 157 159 158 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 137 Write 126 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 157 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17.2 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical H97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923) Builds (Compare 80 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: MSI H97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923)

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	18x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	14x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	10x
GTX 770Nvidia $279Bench 34%, 116,895 samples	6x

SSD
MX100 256GBCrucial $116Bench 83%, 55,768 samples	5x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	4x
M500 240GBCrucial $54Bench 77%, 31,779 samples	4x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 52%, 19,522 samples	4x
ValueSelect DDR3 1600 C11 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 2,884 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	3x

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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $510

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 $15	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