MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.3% 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	77% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '18 at 03:22
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 97.1 2-Core 183 73% 123 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 388 48% 368 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 111 Parallax 95.8 89% 105 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 100 81% 98.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 55GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 75 76 76 75 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 402 Write 82 Mixed 126 SusWrite 75.8 37% 171 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 41.6 144% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 78.7 DQ Mixed 92.4 70% 93.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 69%
Team L5 SSD 120GB 501 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114B SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 134 135 136 136 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 456 Write 136 Mixed 185 SusWrite 135 50% 228 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 38.8 144% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 19.9 DQ Mixed 146 104% 139 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 892GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 182 183 185 183 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 182 Mixed 91.7 SusWrite 183 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 109%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB 7,719 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 15GB free, PID a81d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.2 14 18 18 18 18 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	8.93% Terrible	Read 28 Write 17 Mixed 19.7 SusWrite 15.5 26% 20 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.93% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan 1600 2x4GB 990 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	55% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 17.2 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 15.7 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 59%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

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