MSI Z97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.9% 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 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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140422
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '17 at 17:05
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 209 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 341 47% 349 Pts	64-Core 344 21% 344 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Lighting 46.9 Reflection 44.6 Parallax 40.2 38% 43.9 fps	MRender 39.9 Gravity 40.8 Splatting 36 32% 38.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3208 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2173 (B1) Unknown 97 97 59 (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 57 33 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 75 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21882033192
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 220GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 206039364 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5922 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 114923166 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4943 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4838 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 124555960420 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 45 589496355 (C2) HDA temperature 35 55 64424509475 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 21 206039364 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 194 8491 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 111205293245110 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3637358193 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2754712918	49.6% Average	Read 91.2 Write 81.4 Mixed 84.1 64% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.46 109% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 88%
Hitachi HTS543225L9A300 250GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 104GB free, PID 101a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Read 39.9 Write 41.8 Mixed 6.07 34% 29.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.24 42% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 18%

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 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.5% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 15.6 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 78%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16