MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	91% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '17 at 16:38
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 270 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 703 74% 591 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.89 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$115 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 160GB free Firmware: O0919A 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 42 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 84 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 69 (A3) Unknown 100 100 21 (A4) Unknown 100 100 884 (A5) Unknown 100 100 22 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 12 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5183 (F2) Unknown 100 100 104263 (F5) Unknown 100 100 7072	113% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 445 Mixed 476 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 49 171% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 68.4 112% 215 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8468 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1246 (AB) Unknown 100 100 39810128 (AE) Unknown 100 100 130 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 399 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 87 87 87 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12318 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11180 (F9) Unknown 100 100 773912771	91% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 373 Mixed 409 91% 408 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 24.6 123% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 74.2 123% 236 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 238GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 230297576 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4582 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 170130952 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14350 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1760 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 68 61 86437658656 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 218 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 64 64 72807 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 -140737488355296 (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 -70557722728755 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32781960795 (F2) Unknown 100 253 53334512664	96.7% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 158 Mixed 151 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.24 88% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 1315 BLT4G3D1608ET3LX0. 1315 BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 1315 BLT4G3D1608ET3LX0. 16GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19.3 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20.7 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 66%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,313 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) - $127

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	970x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	648x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	225x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	370x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	228x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	134x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	154x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	210x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 17,012 samples	73x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	66x

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Total price: $775

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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