MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	171% 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '20 at 00:55
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 135 2-Core 267 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 515 69% 515 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Nvidia(10DE 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 138 Parallax 132 108% 134 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 125 Splatting 105 90% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 81GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 174 153 153 152 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 480 Mixed 408 SusWrite 166 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 59.7 203% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 354 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 216GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 267 288 289 288 289 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 480 Mixed 431 SusWrite 272 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 61.1 206% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 881GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 539 630 643 643 644 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 738 Write 667 Mixed 605 SusWrite 573 145% 646 MB/s	4K Read 56.8 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 75.3 259% 92 MB/s	DQ Read 638 DQ Write 524 DQ Mixed 270 287% 478 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 255%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 856GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 174 173 175 174 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 167 Mixed 110 SusWrite 173 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 1302 1866 CL10 Series 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 1302 1866 CL10 Series 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1867, 1600, 1867, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 28 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 23.4 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 88%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,334 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	981x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	651x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	227x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	372x
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	156x
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	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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Total price: $775

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16