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MSI Z97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7923
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923) (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140522
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '19 at 17:02
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

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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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 118 2-Core 226 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 618 62% 504 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2256 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 77.5 Parallax 68.3 64% 74.7 fps	MRender 79.5 Gravity 71.4 Splatting 70.5 60% 73.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$23 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 95 112 130 140 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	74% Very good	Read 142 Write 130 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 116 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 112%
SAMSUNG MP0402H 40GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 27GB free, PID 0641 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 32 29 28 29 32 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 27.5 Write 23.2 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 30.2 34% 25.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 49% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x4GB 3,671 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.2 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 81%

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

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Typical Z97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923) Builds (Compare 246 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GUARD-PRO (MS-7923)

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	61x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	59x
Core i5-4690KIntel $58Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	49x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	32x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	25x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	21x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $24Bench 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: 67% - Good

Total price: $339

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