MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.2% 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 Drive	279% 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.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 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	Oct 31 '19 at 19:46
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 231 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 434 58% 436 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.10.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 99.9 Parallax 211 96% 143 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 110 Splatting 135 96% 114 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 440GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2143 691 614 615 618 618 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 2,000 Write 1,900 Mixed 1,082 SusWrite 883 328% 1,466 MB/s	4K Read 54.5 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 87.9 279% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,414 DQ Write 1174 DQ Mixed 1,274 960% 1,288 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 340%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 62GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 161 168 172 154 151 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 435 Write 161 Mixed 204 SusWrite 164 53% 241 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 20 83% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 60.9 DQ Mixed 90.1 89% 149 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 193GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 93 92 95 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 99.7 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 94.8 67% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 109%
WD WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0 8TB 5,351 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 258GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 158 151 156 152 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 159 Write 165 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 149 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 1 296% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 105%
WD WD40EMRX-82UZ0N0 4TB 507 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 757GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 117 115 116 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 128 Write 122 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 115 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 102%
Samsung FIT USB 3.0 32GB-$27 3,642 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 30GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 24 25 24 26 24 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 144 Write 55.5 Mixed 38.3 SusWrite 25.2 72% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.7 134% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.9 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 22.8 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 72%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,318 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	975x
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 $94Bench 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	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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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