MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	153% 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	109% 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.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '19 at 02:33
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 (78^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 214 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 626 64% 514 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866A) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	153% Outstanding	Lighting 211 Reflection 219 Parallax 237 172% 222 fps	MRender 249 Gravity 211 Splatting 136 156% 199 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 174%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7922) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 285 277 273 276 272 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 460 Mixed 443 SusWrite 275 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 55 181% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 292 238% 337 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 125%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 58GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 239 262 274 268 269 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 472 Mixed 405 SusWrite 265 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 62.8 212% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 352 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 954GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 572 588 589 614 613 599 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 725 Write 654 Mixed 600 SusWrite 596 145% 644 MB/s	4K Read 52.6 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 70.2 236% 82.5 MB/s	DQ Read 635 DQ Write 511 DQ Mixed 269 284% 472 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 255%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 122 121 122 122 119 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 106 Write 101 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 121 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 61%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,327 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	978x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	649x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	226x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	371x
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	155x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16