MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics104% 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 Drive181% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7922
MotherboardMSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)  (all builds)
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150105
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 24 '20 at 03:18
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
87.1% Excellent
Memory 97.9
1-Core 130
2-Core 225
88% 151 Pts
4-Core 412
8-Core 709
68% 560 Pts
64-Core 681
42% 681 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 87.1%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.1.3
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Lighting 127
Reflection 110
Parallax 228
104% 155 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 120
Splatting 153
107% 127 fps
Poor: 78%
This bench: 104%
Great: 91%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLB512HAJQ-000H1 512GB
439GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXA73H1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 622 611 629 615 603 603 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
181% Outstanding
Read 705
Write 629
Mixed 636
SusWrite 614
145% 646 MB/s
4K Read 62.8
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 80.8
266% 90.5 MB/s
DQ Read 781
DQ Write 680
DQ Mixed 972
663% 811 MB/s
Poor: 123%
This bench: 181%
Great: 295%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
2TB free
Firmware: MX4OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 172 161 184 181 185 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 178
Mixed 24.8
SusWrite 178
101% 141 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.6
159% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 104%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
83.5% Excellent
MC Read 32.2
MC Write 30.8
MC Mixed 23.4
82% 28.8 GB/s
SC Read 22.8
SC Write 24.2
SC Mixed 29.8
73% 25.6 GB/s
Latency 46.6
86% 46.6 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 83.5%
Great: 96%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,318 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) - $127

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $775
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