MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	100% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '17 at 05:38
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 81 1-Core 130 2-Core 244 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 662 70% 559 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1631 MHz, MLim: 1862 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 122 Parallax 111 96% 117 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 105 Splatting 93.8 82% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 1322 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1112 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 69 (A3) Unknown 100 100 22 (A4) Unknown 100 100 60037 (A5) Unknown 100 100 107 (A6) Unknown 100 100 11 (A7) Unknown 100 100 56 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 42 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 74644 (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 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 270213 (F2) Unknown 100 100 362913 (F5) Unknown 100 100 480296	100% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 368 Mixed 424 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 35.7 144% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 72.9 116% 219 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 103%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 6241 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1264 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7266 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1111 (10) Unknown 52 148 918179905798 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1252 (C2) HDA temperature 114 104 36 (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	63.3% Good	Read 128 Write 93.1 Mixed 136 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.14 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.22 51% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 0420 F3-2400C11-4GXM 0420 F3-2400C11-4GXM 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1333, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 13.4 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 14.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 40%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,312 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	969x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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