MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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	85% 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	81.1% 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	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, 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	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '19 at 03:59
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.6 GHz, turbo 6.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 525 70% 524 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 102 90% 109 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 99 Splatting 87 76% 93.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
TOSHIBA-TR200 240GB 36,832 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 114GB free Firmware: SBFA12.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 108 109 107 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 364 Mixed 336 SusWrite 150 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 43.3 165% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 210 183% 269 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 90%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 151 170 157 161 160 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 358 Write 242 Mixed 274 SusWrite 162 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 38.5 154% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 186 148% 208 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$29 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 555GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 126 139 149 147 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 162 Mixed 34.8 SusWrite 142 93% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 532GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.4 19 40 40 37 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 84.8 Write 18.5 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 30.4 29% 39.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 68%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 886GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 129 130 130 129 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 104 Write 136 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 130 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.8 218% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 63%
Sony Camcorder 64GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 40GB free, PID 08e8 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 5.3 5.4 5.5 4.7 5.5 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	3.73% Terrible	Read 3.7 Write 3.5 Mixed 2.3 SusWrite 5 5% 3.62 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.8 52% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.73% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SUPERTALENT02 4x4GB 565 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	69.5% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 20.1 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 21.2 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 93%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,311 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	968x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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