MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.4% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '17 at 02:15
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 131 2-Core 259 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 625 66% 526 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 125 Parallax 112 100% 120 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 108 Splatting 89 81% 99.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SH920 2.5 128GB 854 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 16GB free Firmware: 1010BL00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11385 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 533 (64) Unknown 100 100 704836 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 67 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 645472 (B2) Unknown 100 100 11 (B3) Unknown 100 100 36 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2460 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 20 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 24 0 1082334117912 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 196488119 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2212 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1624 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1873 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1535	89.3% Excellent	Read 508 Write 309 Mixed 166 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 24.1 122% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 60.3 114% 229 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 87%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 609GB free (System drive) 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 174 169 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 472 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9758 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 471 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 578 (C2) HDA temperature 117 108 26 (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	56.6% Above average	Read 106 Write 90.5 Mixed 166 93% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.25 115% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 17.4 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 61%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,329 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	979x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	649x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	226x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	372x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	229x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	134x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	155x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	212x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16