MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.6% 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 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	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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

2 months ago, 2 months ago, 1 month ago.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '20 at 01:25
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 340,934 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 256 91% 159 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 653 69% 540 Pts	64-Core 650 44% 650 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$450 816,196 User benchmarks, average bench 106% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.6% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 126 Parallax 104 93% 115 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 131 Splatting 109 103% 118 fps
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 117%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 204,473 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 381 292 290 288 286 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 709 Write 600 Mixed 384 SusWrite 300 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 51.6 206% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 778 DQ Write 636 DQ Mixed 632 494% 682 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$70 768,156 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 275 296 295 294 296 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 472 Mixed 380 SusWrite 280 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 63.5 218% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$59 278,729 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 699GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 115 114 115 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 99.2 Write 96.5 Mixed 60.1 SusWrite 114 68% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 13,829 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	66.2% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 19 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 22 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 71%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 3,177 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) - $127

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 84%, 340,934 samples	1,224x
Core i5-4690KIntel $221Bench 79%, 219,579 samples	975x
Core i7-4790Intel $209Bench 76%, 202,700 samples	273x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 51%, 642,081 samples	525x
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 79%, 993,871 samples	306x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 816,196 samples	194x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 105%, 768,156 samples	265x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $125Bench 110%, 647,981 samples	152x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $57Bench 106%, 531,607 samples	111x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 83,026 samples	300x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 62%, 14,699 samples	139x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 55%, 64,502 samples	116x

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Total price: $886

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16