MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics104% 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 Drive88.1% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7922
MotherboardMSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)  (all builds)
Memory11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141110
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJul 23 '18 at 21:50
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (60th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
71.7% Very good
Memory 54
1-Core 119
2-Core 258
74% 144 Pts
4-Core 517
8-Core 500
68% 508 Pts
64-Core 504
31% 504 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 71.7%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Zotac(19DA 1451) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 136
Reflection 150
Parallax 140
111% 142 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 130
Splatting 101
93% 115 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164
109GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.8.2a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 186 193 169 159 189 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
88.1% Excellent
Read 393
Write 226
Mixed 276
SusWrite 181
60% 269 MB/s
4K Read 34.3
4K Write 98.8
4K Mixed 46.3
164% 59.8 MB/s
DQ Read 262
DQ Write 216
DQ Mixed 228
174% 235 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 88.1%
Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
470GB free
Firmware: CC25
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 121 122 124 123 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
72.7% Very good
Read 132
Write 108
Mixed 72
SusWrite 122
80% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 72.7%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
58.4% Above average
MC Read 21.3
MC Write 22.3
MC Mixed 19.3
60% 21 GB/s
SC Read 16.1
SC Write 22
SC Mixed 19.4
55% 19.2 GB/s
Latency 147
27% 147 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 58.4%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,313 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) - $127

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $775
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Intel Core i5-12600K $182Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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