MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	97.5% 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, 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 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 16 '19 at 03:20
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 203 81% 138 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 454 62% 462 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 867A) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 126 Parallax 129 112% 131 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 128 Splatting 102 107% 135 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 354 373 370 368 329 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 406 Mixed 206 SusWrite 349 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 37.6 149% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 124 131% 219 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 99%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$60 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 366GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 109 109 109 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 117 Write 110 Mixed 110 SusWrite 109 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$63 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 828GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 109 115 112 112 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 52.5 Write 107 Mixed 66 SusWrite 110 62% 84 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.5 191% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 7,771 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	64% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 79%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,347 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	987x
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	215x
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) $37	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