MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	106% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150105
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 11 '19 at 23:52
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 107 2-Core 222 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 604 62% 501 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Nvidia(10DE 12AD) ≥ 4GB; Founders Edition CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 123 Parallax 143 109% 133 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 125 Splatting 101 105% 133 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S31024G 1TB 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6104000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 416 402 402 281 358 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 468 Mixed 350 SusWrite 368 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 50.3 169% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 242 198% 281 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 121%
PNY CS900 120GB-$15 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 112GB free Firmware: CS900210 SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 214 223 224 222 222 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 426 Write 352 Mixed 327 SusWrite 226 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 28 128% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 155 148% 227 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 87%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 192GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 117 117 118 117 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 110 Write 115 Mixed 77 SusWrite 117 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.2 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 16.9 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 62%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,334 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	981x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	651x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	227x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	372x
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	156x
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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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