MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.2% 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	101% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150415
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '16 at 04:24
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (72^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 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 124 2-Core 250 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 664 66% 539 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 120 Parallax 109 94% 115 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 105 Splatting 93.3 80% 99 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 180GB-$395 889 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 33GB free Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 112 57394731 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 28432683531491 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 276 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 605 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 61 51543605273 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 57394731 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 57394731 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 57394731 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17207 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11202 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11202 (F2) Unknown 0 0 22933	77.4% Very good	Read 471 Write 215 Mixed 214 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 18.1 127% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 46 76% 148 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 87%
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 240GB-$110 2,356 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2912 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 256 (AB) Unknown 100 100 78805840 (AE) Unknown 100 100 72 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 36 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1531 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2015 (F9) Unknown 100 100 108826958	101% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 485 Mixed 495 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 25.3 135% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 84.4 111% 199 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2015)-$103 691 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4TB free Firmware: CC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 143806655 (03) Spinup time 93 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 963 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8730083 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2777 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 243 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 1447426326527 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 54 672333853 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1143 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4459 (C2) HDA temperature 29 46 60129542173 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 69 42 143806655 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 130710 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -22153441312002 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4436031812 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19893638752	106% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 179 Mixed 105 117% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.3 133% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 117%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 223GB free Firmware: CC95 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 146908202 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 13085957607 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 40071 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1660 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098512 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 44 9111339034 (C2) HDA temperature 26 56 60129542170 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 22 146908202 (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 108460809169017 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3128736181 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1719638139	47.4% Average	Read 91.4 Write 73.6 Mixed 56.8 55% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.38 90% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 61%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 49GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8558 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18669 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 24864 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 999 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 517 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18151 (C2) HDA temperature 125 91 27 (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	75% Very good	Read 148 Write 113 Mixed 60 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.74 4K Mixed 0.45 148% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 3,028 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 17.3 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 79%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,311 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	968x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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