MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	78.6% 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	68.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '21 at 23:39
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Memory 63 1-Core 17.1 2-Core 77.3 34% 52.5 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 340 41% 317 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1667) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 95 Parallax 97.8 82% 97.8 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 90.8 Splatting 76.6 72% 89.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0A 1TB 10,504 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 768GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 327 372 366 388 399 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 400 Write 421 Mixed 325 SusWrite 354 85% 375 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 32.6 4K Mixed 19.2 73% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 209 154% 202 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 121%
SanDisk Z400s 256GB-$221 10,770 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 238GB free Firmware: Z2320000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 103 115 113 116 119 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	32.8% Below average	Read 128 Write 110 Mixed 108 SusWrite 109 26% 114 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 30.9 4K Mixed 11.9 56% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 92.3 DQ Write 97.5 DQ Mixed 62.3 56% 84 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 562GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 147 155 153 155 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 156 Mixed 87.7 SusWrite 151 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 895GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 163 173 170 173 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 168 Mixed 110 SusWrite 168 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.3 251% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 378GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.3 8.1 6.6 7.1 4.8 27 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	8.92% Terrible	Read 20.8 Write 6.3 Mixed 21 SusWrite 10.3 11% 14.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 10% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 8.92% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 4x8GB 2,056 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 22.6 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 5.1 SC Mixed 8.7 27% 9.47 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 77%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,313 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	970x
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	370x
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	154x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 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	73x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	66x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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