MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.5% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '21 at 06:49
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 216 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 412 56% 414 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 114 Parallax 102 83% 106 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 99.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 180 196 207 207 198 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 442 Mixed 368 SusWrite 190 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 51.5 173% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
Sandisk G5 BICS4 1TB 7,638 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 587GB free Firmware: 415000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 190 209 207 208 209 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 348 Write 478 Mixed 299 SusWrite 198 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 45 152% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 164 173% 288 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 114%
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$122 7,464 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 1.5TB free Firmware: P2CR033 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 543 655 668 673 654 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 617 Write 680 Mixed 633 SusWrite 606 143% 634 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 58.5 194% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 761 DQ Write 741 DQ Mixed 1,133 746% 878 MB/s
Poor: 129% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 307%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 517GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 132 134 136 137 136 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 126 Write 93.5 Mixed 75 SusWrite 132 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 114%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 139 149 148 148 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 150 Write 115 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 142 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 23.6 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 23.2 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 72%

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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 $109Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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