MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 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	3.82% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	141% 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.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	15.5 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 30 '20 at 00:32
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 212 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 409 51% 390 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7922) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.82% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 6.58 Parallax 6.78 3% 5.75 fps	MRender 8.05 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 7.7 5% 6.04 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.82% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 509 540 526 292 291 293 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 620 Write 518 Mixed 411 SusWrite 408 110% 489 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 55.6 195% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 768 DQ Write 640 DQ Mixed 729 539% 712 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 69GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 85 83 86 86 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 111 Write 99.5 Mixed 122 SusWrite 85.7 24% 104 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 31 118% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 97.3 78% 109 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 904GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 177 Write 170 Mixed 110 113% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
WD WD10EADX-00TDHB0 1TB 12,976 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 154GB free Firmware: 77.04D77 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 100 Write 100 Mixed 71.5 68% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 22% Great: 57%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$37 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 158GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 124 Write 118 Mixed 75.3 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 21% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773DH0-CH9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 M378B5773DH0-CH9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 2048, 8192, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.7% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.2 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.8 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 53%

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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 $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	74x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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