MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.3% 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	97.1% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (37%). 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	22 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '18 at 19:56
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 262 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 502 68% 505 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Asus(1043 04C4) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Lighting 110 Reflection 91.9 Parallax 190 90% 131 fps	MRender 90.5 Gravity 125 Splatting 131 97% 116 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Drevo X1 PRO SSD 256GB 737 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0518B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 276 279 317 323 314 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 446 Mixed 414 SusWrite 297 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 49 175% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 35.1 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 53.5 52% 79.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 102%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 325 307 293 282 294 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 440 Mixed 408 SusWrite 303 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 66.2 227% 82.5 MB/s	DQ Read 51.3 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 73.3 67% 97.4 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC-WRSN 500GB 3,847 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 465GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 306 305 302 309 313 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 367 Mixed 250 SusWrite 307 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 41.9 165% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 42.6 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 50.1 52% 80.8 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 106%
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 238GB free Firmware: 5KHA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 236 236 231 236 237 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 1,092 Write 769 Mixed 816 SusWrite 254 163% 733 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 67.8 243% 92.6 MB/s	DQ Read 48.5 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 74.1 70% 105 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 141%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 148 147 150 150 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 144 Mixed 94 SusWrite 148 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 83%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 187 185 185 186 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 135 Mixed 28.4 SusWrite 185 92% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 362% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HP655410-150-HYCG Hynix HP655410-150-HYCG Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8C-PB 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	63% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 18.5 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 22.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 63%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,313 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	970x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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