MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.7% 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)
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	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-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '17 at 12:02
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 121 2-Core 241 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 474 64% 477 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% PowerColor(148C 2359) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1475 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Lighting 46.6 Reflection 51.3 Parallax 55.3 38% 51.1 fps	MRender 51.1 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 36.8 34% 42.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 504GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 147 11550 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 236 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8898 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 224 (10) Unknown 7 193 128117116279 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 201 (C2) HDA temperature 115 112 37 (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 137 Write 112 Mixed 120 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 3.02 4K Mixed 0.22 108% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 136GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 21357 (03) Spinup time 175 171 2216 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1410 (05) Reallocated sector count 196 196 190 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10913 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 369 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1355 (C2) HDA temperature 111 108 32 (C4) Reallocation count 113 113 87 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 89 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 70 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 198	62.5% Good	Read 113 Write 105 Mixed 102 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.23 117% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 108%
WD My Passport 083A 1TB 1,797 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 242GB free, PID 083a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 69.3 Write 73.9 Mixed 58.7 86% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 64C0MHHHJ-HS Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 0118 64C0MHHHJ-HS Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.6 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.3 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 54%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,318 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	975x
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	371x
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	155x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	74x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	66x

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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