MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	119% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

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

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '19 at 00:32
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 (96^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 255 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 666 67% 542 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 152 Parallax 130 118% 143 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 144 Splatting 113 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 718GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 584 606 600 596 530 488 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 742 Write 464 Mixed 564 SusWrite 567 131% 584 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 56.5 4K Mixed 44.4 152% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 55 DQ Mixed 88.3 85% 140 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 295%
HFS250G32TND-3112A 250GB 1,508 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 231GB free Firmware: 30060P00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 198 146 146 145 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 440 Mixed 397 SusWrite 183 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 48.6 166% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 311 244% 337 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 619GB free Firmware: CC9F SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 158 158 153 155 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 126 Mixed 72 SusWrite 156 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 112%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$21 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 324GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 80 82 82 82 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 88.4 Write 90.3 Mixed 52.1 SusWrite 78.7 57% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 61%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 123GB 3,538 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 115GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 156 Write 78.8 Mixed 62.2 110% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 3 196% 3.73 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 20.4 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 24 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 73%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,317 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	974x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	648x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	225x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	371x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	228x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	134x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	155x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	210x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 17,012 samples	73x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	66x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16