MSI Z97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	15.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7923
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923) (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140422
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '20 at 20:38
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 476 65% 485 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 535 MHz, MLim: 700 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	15.4% Very poor	Lighting 19.3 Reflection 17.3 Parallax 23.5 16% 20 fps	MRender 15.9 Gravity 16.9 Splatting 20.4 15% 17.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 128GB-$40 2,673 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 455 Write 354 Mixed 177 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 42.6 123% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 116 131% 223 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 104%
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 42GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 220 166 157 151 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 473 Mixed 322 SusWrite 214 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 51.6 200% 80.6 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 49.8 113% 230 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%
Ct2000mx 50 2TB 761 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: M3CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 464 463 475 474 474 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 473 Mixed 419 SusWrite 468 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 61 218% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 60.2 129% 264 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 2x8GB 2,378 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	73% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 23.2 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 22.2 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 78%

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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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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 $28Bench 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: $576

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16