MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 23:43
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i5-4590S-$329 1,808 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	SC Int 97.7 SC Float 99.7 SC Mixed 96.2 78% 97.9 Pts	QC Int 389 QC Float 396 QC Mixed 383 88% 390 Pts	MC Int 388 MC Float 394 MC Mixed 383 58% 388 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 27,688 User benchmarks, average bench 63% XFX(1682 9395) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.9.2 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	70% Very good	Lighting 213 Reflection 166 Parallax 272 73% 217 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 171 Splatting 188 68% 164 fps
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 70%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$55 331,568 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 419GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 43310688 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2113 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 561626 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2692 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 854 (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 74 64 437583898 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14755 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 68719476762 (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 -57440892615676 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4265955463 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2245173967	94.1% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 161 Mixed 103 107% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.17 82% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$87 29,276 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 199GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 146971840 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 925 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 83699615 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3098 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 926 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 72 61 471269404 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3322 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 77309411356 (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 -22853520979026 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18041108887 (F2) Unknown 100 253 54727553480	68.5% Good	Read 77.6 Write 160 Mixed 102 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 5.42 4K Mixed 0.5 178% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 14,868 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.9% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 20.2 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 19.4 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 67%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 4,001 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 63%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $376Bench 88%, 136,972 samples	1,542x
Core i5-4690KIntel $255Bench 82%, 71,375 samples	1,250x
Core i7-4790Intel $308Bench 77%, 53,750 samples	254x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 64%, 265,166 samples	865x
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 282,479 samples	527x
GTX 1080Nvidia $550Bench 126%, 192,874 samples	354x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 94%, 274,376 samples	523x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 96%, 197,216 samples	276x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $65Bench 48%, 119,806 samples	161x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 57%, 31,182 samples	389x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 59%, 4,646 samples	145x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 18,584 samples	135x

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Total price: $953

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $290	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $190	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $931	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $204	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12