MSI Z97A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7930)

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.7% 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	95.9% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7930
Motherboard	MSI Z97A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7930) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150518
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '17 at 17:14
Run Duration	340 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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)	76.6% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 105 2-Core 206 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 375 51% 378 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Lighting 67.9 Reflection 68.6 Parallax 61.1 55% 65.8 fps	MRender 70.1 Gravity 63 Splatting 55.1 50% 62.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 280GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2557 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 531 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 65 53 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 26 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4851226326	86.3% Excellent	Read 374 Write 296 Mixed 305 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 33.5 146% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 115 111% 177 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 134%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^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 2197 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1619 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 66 (A3) Unknown 100 100 25 (A4) Unknown 100 100 161350 (A5) Unknown 100 100 203 (A6) Unknown 100 100 106 (A7) Unknown 100 100 156 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 95 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 832 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 139 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 99903 (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 5 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 829302 (F2) Unknown 100 100 474788 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1290800	95.9% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 357 Mixed 418 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 31.1 139% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 66.9 106% 201 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 103%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 701GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 828 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3030 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8120 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1592 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 173 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2856 (C2) HDA temperature 112 100 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 199 218 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 199 199 216 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 265	86.5% Excellent	Read 154 Write 148 Mixed 127 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.27 96% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 109%
Flash Drive SM_USB20 1GB 93 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	5.77% Terrible	Read 17.8 Write 4.27 Mixed 6.79 10% 9.63 MB/s	4K Read 9.15 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 36% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.77% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 KHX1866C10D3/4G 16GB 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.8% Below average	MC Read 12.3 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 10.6 35% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 10.8 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns

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Gaming 81%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 67%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7930)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	22x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	11x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	2x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	5x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	4x

SSD
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $74Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	6x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	3x
WDS500G2B0C 500GBWDCBench 193%, 3,120 samples	3x

RAM
8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 4x8GBUnknownBench 57%, 531 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 17,012 samples	3x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $701

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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