MSI Z97A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7930)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.8% 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	67.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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-7930
Motherboard	MSI Z97A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7930) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150518
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '17 at 20:04
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 246 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 478 60% 456 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% PowerColor(148C 2358) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1010 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.3.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Lighting 68.2 Reflection 61 Parallax 79.7 56% 69.6 fps	MRender 60.3 Gravity 54.4 Splatting 76.3 53% 63.7 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4693 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 467 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 162 (AD) Unknown 100 100 917539 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 72 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 86 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5521	67.1% Good	Read 514 Write 344 Mixed 328 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 9.92 80% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 33.8 DQ Write 87.2 DQ Mixed 9.93 22% 43.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 97%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0108 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 109 Write 94.8 Mixed 80.4 71% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.99 4K Mixed 0.49 161% 1.76 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 67%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 642GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 218 218 9075 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2948 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 24 24 56102 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2804 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 539 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2948 (C2) HDA temperature 111 95 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.7% Above average	Read 107 Write 90.2 Mixed 87.8 71% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.39 109% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 461GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 50195824 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1618 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 114291558 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10003 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 918 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 60 454033435 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38531 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 64424509467 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 54601919241840 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29598767382 (F2) Unknown 100 253 639581187434	93.8% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 156 Mixed 152 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.16 73% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 454GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 237 233 8150 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1954 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14418 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1345 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 555 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1954 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.5% Above average	Read 101 Write 88.2 Mixed 75.3 66% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.37 108% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 290GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 168 2508 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1429 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10212 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 925 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 143 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1285 (C2) HDA temperature 113 100 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	86.9% Excellent	Read 142 Write 161 Mixed 150 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.28 95% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 99[2/7/4]110(E/F) 2x8GB 335 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.7% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 19.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 57.6 70% 57.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 64%

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Typical Z97A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7930) Builds (Compare 39 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 81%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 67%

Battle cruiser

Motherboard: MSI Z97A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7930)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	22x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	11x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	2x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	5x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	4x

SSD
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $74Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	6x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	3x
WDS500G2B0C 500GBWDCBench 193%, 3,120 samples	3x

RAM
8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 4x8GBUnknownBench 57%, 531 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 17,012 samples	3x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $705

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16