MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	141% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.1% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 28 '18 at 23:16
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 286 92% 168 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 755 78% 631 Pts	64-Core 757 47% 757 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Lighting 201 Reflection 217 Parallax 192 164% 203 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 195 Splatting 135 126% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16206 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2180 (B1) Unknown 88 88 136 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 39 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 670 (F1) Unknown 99 99 119627202721	84.1% Excellent	Read 508 Write 351 Mixed 356 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 25.2 134% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 42.1 DQ Write 78.5 DQ Mixed 21.4 27% 47.3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 126%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 161GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7165 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1576 (A5) Unknown 100 100 107405509016 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 15 (A9) Unknown 100 100 564 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 392 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 67 287763988516 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1168248799504 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4048 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8367 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7704 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9493 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	88.3% Excellent	Read 497 Write 348 Mixed 333 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 20.1 119% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 38.6 93% 199 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 461GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2621 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7399 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1811 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 433 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 365788 (C2) HDA temperature 118 101 29 (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	76.2% Very good	Read 134 Write 131 Mixed 103 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.22 88% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 84%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 11GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	Read 125 Write 9.92 Mixed 19.1 43% 51.2 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.01 42% 3.73 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.2 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 23.3 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 73%

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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%

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Workstation 36%

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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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Total price: $775

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