MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	104% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150415
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '19 at 00:10
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 456 63% 468 Pts	64-Core 486 30% 486 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1577 MHz, MLim: 1875 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Lighting 82.7 Reflection 91.5 Parallax 79.2 67% 84.5 fps	MRender 86.5 Gravity 77 Splatting 72.7 64% 78.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 348 240 200 200 198 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 424 Mixed 375 SusWrite 237 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 60.5 194% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 363 241% 289 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 161 159 165 162 160 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 87 Mixed 32 SusWrite 160 79% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.5 148% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 161 164 167 170 164 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 166 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 165 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 113%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 385GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 93 96 95 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 87.2 Write 48.5 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 94.3 51% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 59%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$80 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 25GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 52 53 54 58 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	30% Poor	Read 50.2 Write 41.2 Mixed 31 SusWrite 54 32% 44.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 41%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.7 0.9 0.3 1.1 1.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 70.2 Write 67.8 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 0.8 33% 44.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 67%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 305GB free, PID 1048 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 89 87 89 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 93.3 Write 94.3 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 88.6 111% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 43%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 4TB 1,164 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2.5TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 97 100 101 100 100 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 138 Write 142 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 101 128% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.7 42% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 53%

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 @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 24.3 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 25.4 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 80% 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 $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	74x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	66x

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Total price: $775

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $40	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