MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.2% 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	320% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB 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 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.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150529
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '18 at 09:59
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 257 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 668 69% 557 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 118 Parallax 105 90% 111 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 102 Splatting 93 79% 96.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2137 2186 2108 1401 780 735 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	320% Outstanding	Read 2,468 Write 2,214 Mixed 1,386 SusWrite 1,558 427% 1,906 MB/s	4K Read 57.2 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 80.7 278% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,063 DQ Write 723 DQ Mixed 958 697% 914 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 320% Great: 393%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 224GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 483 482 485 486 486 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 480 Mixed 364 SusWrite 484 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 47.1 172% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 170 174% 285 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 116%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 444GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 106 104 104 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 120 Write 94 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 105 73% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 6,144 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 25.6 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 25.1 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 86%

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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 2,326 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	978x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	649x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	226x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	371x
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	155x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16