MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.3% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	20.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '20 at 19:51
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	93%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 98.5 2-Core 94.5 63% 94.1 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 388 51% 384 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.12.3 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Lighting 78.2 Reflection 57.1 Parallax 104 64% 79.7 fps	MRender 58 Gravity 79.5 Splatting 73.8 58% 70.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 274 166 254 254 234 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 463 Mixed 366 SusWrite 257 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 39.3 144% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 199 185% 287 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 101%
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$116 16,263 User benchmarks, average bench 267% 954GB free Firmware: SVN163 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 593 637 633 650 655 657 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 697 Write 639 Mixed 607 SusWrite 638 145% 645 MB/s	4K Read 57 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 75.2 246% 83.6 MB/s	DQ Read 775 DQ Write 526 DQ Mixed 880 595% 727 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 355%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 94GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 108 112 106 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 151 Write 156 Mixed 95.2 SusWrite 105 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 109%
USB DISK 3.0 16GB 2,714 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 10GB free, PID 6300 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 23 26 29 29 29 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	Read 102 Write 36.8 Mixed 45.5 SusWrite 26.5 61% 52.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0 31% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 KHX1866C10D3/8G 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 24GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.1% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 13 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 53%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,313 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	970x
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	370x
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	154x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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