MSI Z97A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7930)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81% 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	138% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7930
Motherboard	MSI Z97A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7930) (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150518
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '18 at 03:09
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 249 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 683 65% 540 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.8% 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 3235) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 109 Parallax 94.4 85% 102 fps	MRender 91.5 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 84.9 74% 90.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 712GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 568 599 616 634 640 636 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 709 Write 635 Mixed 644 SusWrite 615 147% 651 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 54.4 175% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 414 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 394 293% 388 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 425%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 318GB free Firmware: EXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 330 342 345 347 347 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 360 Write 345 Mixed 303 SusWrite 338 76% 336 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 49.9 4K Mixed 33.7 106% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 223 156% 196 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 876GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 166 175 171 173 171 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 151 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 171 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	67.6% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 20.5 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 22.8 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 80%

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

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Typical Z97A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7930) Builds (Compare 39 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 81%

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 67%

Battle cruiser

Motherboard: MSI Z97A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7930)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	22x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	11x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	2x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	5x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	4x

SSD
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $74Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	6x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	3x
WDS500G2B0C 500GBWDCBench 193%, 3,120 samples	3x

RAM
8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 4x8GBUnknownBench 57%, 531 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 17,012 samples	3x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $701

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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