MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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Run History

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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	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '18 at 23:56
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 515 70% 518 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37AD) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.6% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 111 Parallax 99.8 93% 108 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 132 Splatting 103 109% 138 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 36GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 282 266 264 272 263 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 385 Mixed 259 SusWrite 280 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 87.4 4K Mixed 53.3 161% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 200 188% 293 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 509 Write 447 Mixed 401 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 50.5 179% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 250 208% 300 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 91%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 16GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 156 154 145 129 146 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 442 Write 210 Mixed 236 SusWrite 146 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 45.1 4K Mixed 40.8 84% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 68.3 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 159 116% 146 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 108GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 165 167 168 165 163 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 136 Write 101 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 166 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 114%
Seagate SkyHawk 4TB (2016)-$95 7,966 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3.5TB free Firmware: CV11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 177 180 181 181 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 192 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 180 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 5,391 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 25.3 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 23.2 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 56.7 71% 56.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 61%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,327 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 $80Bench 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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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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16