MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	99.7% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140919
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '17 at 16:40
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 476 64% 475 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3081) CLim: 977 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Lighting 65.4 Reflection 58.7 Parallax 77 53% 67 fps	MRender 57.9 Gravity 52.2 Splatting 73.7 51% 61.2 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4858 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 954 (B1) Unknown 95 95 49 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 50 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11884577888	99.7% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 354 Mixed 354 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 27.9 150% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 85.5 123% 233 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 96GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 129685472 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1943 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9926309 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4186 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 958 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 58 437452826 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23790 (C2) HDA temperature 26 42 47244640282 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -76403173227241 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10216542606 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28952192427	64.5% Good	Read 111 Write 114 Mixed 118 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.19 76% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 444 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.3% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 19.6 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 20.1 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 63%

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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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Total price: $775

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