MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	100% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150415
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	May 15 '16 at 15:43
Run Duration	355 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 616 63% 510 Pts	64-Core 623 39% 623 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.2% Above average	Lighting 66.5 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 59.5 54% 65.2 fps	MRender 73.8 Gravity 62 Splatting 55.9 51% 63.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 426GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4583 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 142 (B1) Unknown 99 99 15 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 65 61 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22956272129	100% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 410 Mixed 415 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 31.9 140% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 118 134% 232 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 133%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 35GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5614 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 252 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 23 (AE) Unknown 100 100 62 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 60 171800002593 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4668801271 (F7) Unknown 100 100 146690511 (F8) Unknown 100 100 239168138	91.2% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 322 Mixed 391 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 32 135% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 47.8 86% 168 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 97%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4.5TB free Firmware: 040B Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	23.1% Poor	Read 38.6 Write 39.5 Mixed 37.6 29% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.34 4K Write 6.81 4K Mixed 0.57 245% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 88%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$191 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 413GB free Firmware: CC13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 133361419 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1516 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34884521 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9649 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 251 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 54 672989220 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1636 (C2) HDA temperature 36 46 17179869220 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 9 133361419 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 111205293237981 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2446419831 (F2) Unknown 100 253 70800031	48.6% Average	Read 86.8 Write 82.3 Mixed 79.3 62% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.45 106% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 73%
Maxtor OneTouch 1TB 141 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 205GB free, PID 7300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20% Poor	Read 40.3 Write 41.9 Mixed 16.2 40% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.44 72% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 21%
Maxtor OneTouch 1TB 141 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 131GB free, PID 7300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 40 Write 42.1 Mixed 22.3 43% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.41 63% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 21%
TS-RDF5 SD Transcend 32GB 1,099 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 29GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	23.5% Poor	Read 42.8 Write 40.8 Mixed 29.8 47% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.18 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 1.73 159% 3.39 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 35%
SAMSUNG HD300LD 300GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 2GB free, PID 3507 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	15.4% Very poor	Read 30.6 Write 30 Mixed 29.4 39% 30 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.32 61% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 15%

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% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 20.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 22.7 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 80%

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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	981x
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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $775

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	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 $39	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