MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.2% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '19 at 07:55
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 89.3 2-Core 238 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 640 64% 519 Pts	64-Core 636 39% 636 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 121 Parallax 142 103% 130 fps	MRender 171 Gravity 125 Splatting 101 104% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 110 87 55 47 27 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 210 Mixed 372 SusWrite 123 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 55 182% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 351 264% 353 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 53GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 97 98 100 101 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 101 Write 74 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 99.6 64% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	67.2% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 20.9 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 19.7 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 72%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,346 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	986x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	654x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	230x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	373x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	229x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	134x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	158x
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	214x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 17,012 samples	74x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	68x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16