MSI H97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.2% 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	110% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7923
Motherboard	MSI H97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923) (all builds)
Memory	21.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '16 at 09:08
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 212 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 442 56% 425 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6869 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.2% Above average	Lighting 67.3 Reflection 68.3 Parallax 65.1 55% 66.9 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 61.4 Splatting 52.9 50% 62.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4227 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 431 (B1) Unknown 98 98 26 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 48 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 28 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7916250535	110% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 407 Mixed 415 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 44.1 167% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 107 136% 243 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 8GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 231 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 68 55 193275035680 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7459	79.9% Very good	Read 504 Write 344 Mixed 287 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 65.1 4K Mixed 9.87 93% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 47.3 99% 205 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 54819888 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1824 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20054519 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17846 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1780 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475164165 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 37 7529784606761 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1765 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 49458 (C2) HDA temperature 41 63 77309411369 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 37078452669775 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16586471493 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25661929475	76.4% Very good	Read 136 Write 131 Mixed 119 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.27 81% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 33GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 954 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10181 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 933 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 900 (C2) HDA temperature 107 104 36 (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 0	71.6% Very good	Read 107 Write 142 Mixed 113 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.19 69% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 8GB free Firmware: CC56 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 151911096 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 640 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 55608380 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1138 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 644 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 51 606142499 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 643 (C2) HDA temperature 35 49 51539607587 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 50792283243683 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14710794836 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12061898860	44.5% Average	Read 75.3 Write 79.7 Mixed 79.3 59% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.16 77% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/8GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX 24GB 255 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 18.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 17.5 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 63%

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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 $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