MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84.7% 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 Drive56.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7922
MotherboardMSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)  (all builds)
Memory13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160216
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 10 '16 at 21:39
Run Duration90 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
84% Excellent
Memory 93.3
1-Core 113
2-Core 216
81% 141 Pts
4-Core 432
8-Core 434
58% 433 Pts
64-Core 430
27% 430 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 84%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
84.7% Excellent
Lighting 107
Reflection 119
Parallax 100
87% 109 fps
MRender 96.8
Gravity 95.8
Splatting 101
80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.7%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40
183GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
56.2% Above average
Read 479
Write 283
Mixed 242
74% 335 MB/s
4K Read 22.2
4K Write 40.1
4K Mixed 7.88
65% 23.4 MB/s
DQ Read 27.9
DQ Write 32.1
DQ Mixed 7.07
12% 22.4 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 56.2%
Great: 101%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. KHX1600C10D3/4G 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
63% Good
MC Read 22.3
MC Write 23.3
MC Mixed 19.8
62% 21.8 GB/s
SC Read 16.3
SC Write 20.5
SC Mixed 20.2
54% 19 GB/s
Latency 61.5
65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 63%
Great: 64%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,311 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) - $127

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $775
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