MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.2% 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	66.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150415
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '18 at 09:53
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 (62^nd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 86.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 226 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 637 64% 520 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.2% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 126 Parallax 99.6 94% 114 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 136 Splatting 110 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingmax 120GB 120GB 2,908 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: M1024E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^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 2347 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1005 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 430 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 30681 (C4) Reallocation count 102 102 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 36 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 102 (A3) Unknown 100 100 4 (A4) Unknown 100 100 119070 (A5) Unknown 100 100 166 (A6) Unknown 100 100 64 (A7) Unknown 100 100 117 (F1) Unknown 100 100 279997 (F2) Unknown 100 100 368480 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98	66.3% Good	Read 502 Write 136 Mixed 216 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 19.4 118% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 19.3 32% 58.9 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 86%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 525GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 83.3 Write 67.3 Mixed 75.7 95% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.21 67% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 43%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 466GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 39.6 Write 39.3 Mixed 32 47% 37 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.2 67% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.8% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.5 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 15.8 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 85%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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	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 $293	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