MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86% 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	96.5% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	20.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '18 at 00:17
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 246 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 691 71% 574 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1573 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 105 91% 111 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 101 Splatting 83.5 76% 94.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 256 255 254 255 252 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 269 Mixed 263 SusWrite 256 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 36.4 153% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 202 185% 285 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 128%
OCZ Trion 150 120GB-$50 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 36GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 90 89 89 89 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 507 Write 462 Mixed 363 SusWrite 102 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 37.9 143% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 176 182% 297 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 89%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 205GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 57 56 75 76 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 137 Write 118 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 66.6 63% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 0420 F3-2400C10-4GZH 1302 1866 CL10 Series 0420 F3-2400C10-4GZH 24GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1600, 2400, 1600, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.7 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 19.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 66%

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

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,331 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	980x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	649x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	227x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	372x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	229x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	134x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	156x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	212x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 17,012 samples	74x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16