MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	120% 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.
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.

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System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	16.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '20 at 12:49
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (47^th 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 below expectations (33^rd percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 107 2-Core 215 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 600 59% 483 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 179 Parallax 165 133% 169 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 170 Splatting 119 109% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 192 174 176 172 173 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 486 Write 429 Mixed 379 SusWrite 195 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 56.1 187% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 318 251% 348 MB/s
Poor: 73% Great: 125%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 85GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 305 318 319 319 317 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 466 Mixed 449 SusWrite 312 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 54.7 183% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 128%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 90GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 77 77 77 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 87.3 Write 90 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 76.4 59% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 71%
Seagate SkyHawk 6TB (2016)-$143 139 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 152 152 152 152 152 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 10% Great: 108%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 177 177 177 177 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 172 Mixed 107 SusWrite 177 118% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 5GB free Firmware: GH2OA560 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 75 74 74 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 66.5 Write 74 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 73.9 42% 58.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 991776 (996776) Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 1314 991776 (996776) Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.3% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 14.3 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 48%

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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