MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	120% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '17 at 23:02
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 273 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 544 70% 528 Pts	64-Core 543 34% 543 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.89 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 183 Reflection 194 Parallax 177 149% 185 fps	Gravity 178 Splatting 121 128% 150 fps
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2923 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1235 (B1) Unknown 97 97 63 (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 65 63 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 294 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33975368718	120% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 401 Mixed 413 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 50.3 197% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 119 148% 263 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 492GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 21398104 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 941 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6283359 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2316 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 925 (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 71 67 488374301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1994 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 68719476765 (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 -102293236086586 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4559831525 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11337547099	90.3% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 151 Mixed 149 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.23 92% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 98GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2781 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9718 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2367 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 632 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2148 (C2) HDA temperature 113 101 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 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	80% Very good	Read 150 Write 129 Mixed 131 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.24 101% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 4x8GB 531 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 23.1 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 25.5 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 87%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,334 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	981x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	651x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	227x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	372x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	229x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	134x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	156x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	212x
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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16