MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.1% 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	143% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '21 at 10:17
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 107 2-Core 210 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 403 54% 404 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Nvidia(10DE 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2059 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 129 Parallax 122 101% 125 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 127 Splatting 113 92% 112 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 12GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 494 Write 480 Mixed 382 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 56.3 192% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 354 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 87GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 305 288 288 289 289 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 474 Mixed 416 SusWrite 280 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 58.7 196% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 358 270% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 503GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 357 91 165 96 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 734 Write 659 Mixed 607 SusWrite 194 123% 548 MB/s	4K Read 55.7 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 72.8 246% 85.7 MB/s	DQ Read 638 DQ Write 521 DQ Mixed 271 287% 477 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 255%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 796GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 170 170 171 169 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 154 Mixed 114 SusWrite 167 111% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 1302 1866 CL10 Series 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 1302 1866 CL10 Series 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1867, 1600, 1867, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 23.1 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 23.9 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 88%

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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 $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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