MSI Z97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	63.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7923
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140422
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '16 at 15:53
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4330-$140 6,343 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 90.1 2-Core 170 67% 114 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 213 31% 226 Pts	64-Core 243 15% 243 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Lighting 80.7 Reflection 81.2 Parallax 71.5 66% 77.8 fps	MRender 77 Gravity 75.1 Splatting 63.7 58% 71.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 161 100 2721 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 169 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3454 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3505 (A9) Unknown 100 100 41 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3474 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 100 214748364834 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 116 (E8) Unknown 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 705717 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4480 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5431	81% Excellent	Read 484 Write 421 Mixed 449 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 5.76 93% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 35.5 81% 166 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 86%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 747GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 172 171 4375 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2218 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28833 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 661 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2169 (C2) HDA temperature 115 89 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	75.4% Very good	Read 146 Write 117 Mixed 128 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.49 153% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3500320SV 500GB 315 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 465GB free Firmware: SV16 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 216140830 (03) Spinup time 91 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2013 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 30255860841 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 48246 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 794 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032843 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 361 (BE) vendor-specific 76 65 470941720 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 51539607576 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 42 216140830 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	26.8% Poor	Read 4.71 Write 88.5 Mixed 6.1 24% 33.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.77 4K Mixed 0.24 56% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.7% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 13.9 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 62%

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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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16