MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics80% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive117% 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)
Memory12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150105
Uptime3.2 Days
Run DateJun 21 '20 at 20:43
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
85.3% Excellent
Memory 94.7
1-Core 130
2-Core 260
90% 161 Pts
4-Core 426
8-Core 507
60% 466 Pts
64-Core 492
30% 492 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 85.3%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Gigabyte(1458 36CB) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.48
Performing below potential (61st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
80% Very good
Lighting 102
Reflection 108
Parallax 97.6
83% 103 fps
MRender 89.5
Gravity 93.4
Splatting 88
74% 90.3 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 80%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
107GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 387 243 241 239 238 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
117% Outstanding
Read 505
Write 473
Mixed 357
SusWrite 262
89% 399 MB/s
4K Read 45
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 61.7
208% 73.9 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 350
DQ Mixed 363
273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 117%
Great: 134%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110
1.5TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 85 85 85 86 84 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
50.1% Above average
Read 89.7
Write 80.7
Mixed 57.5
SusWrite 84.3
58% 78.1 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 50.1%
Great: 100%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
63.1% Good
MC Read 21.8
MC Write 23
MC Mixed 19.8
62% 21.5 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 23.1
SC Mixed 19.7
57% 19.8 GB/s
Latency 57.9
69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 63.1%
Great: 63%

 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 2,311 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
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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