MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

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

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	May 26 '20 at 03:32
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (94^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 237 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 470 64% 476 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Lighting 95.8 Reflection 84.1 Parallax 83.6 78% 87.8 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 80 Splatting 78.2 74% 93.2 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 73GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 193 196 201 203 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 502 Write 204 Mixed 205 SusWrite 197 61% 277 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 14.9 114% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 81.2 98% 170 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 78%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 757 Write 663 Mixed 636 153% 685 MB/s	4K Read 61.5 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 77.6 260% 88.9 MB/s	DQ Read 782 DQ Write 682 DQ Mixed 1,006 679% 823 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 235GB free Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1220 851 850 848 852 851 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 1,951 Write 2126 Mixed 1,720 SusWrite 912 377% 1,677 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 75 263% 99.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1493 DQ Write 1,231 DQ Mixed 1,364 1,021% 1,363 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 297%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 0GB free Firmware: CC46 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 2,946 Write 5.2 1,054% 1,475 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
WD WD20EZAZ-00WGYX0 2TB 9,544 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 632GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 32 28 32 31 18 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 18% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 23 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 23.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 56.7 71% 56.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 71%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $775

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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