MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.8% 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	82.8% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (38%). 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	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '21 at 10:59
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 231 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 610 63% 506 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Nvidia(10DE 1132) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.8% Very good	Lighting 96.6 Reflection 113 Parallax 100 79% 103 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 95.3 Splatting 82 73% 90.2 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 120GB-$15 37,154 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 406 121 102 117 80 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Read 487 Write 409 Mixed 395 SusWrite 205 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 27.9 132% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 42.7 92% 183 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 610GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 183 183 183 183 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 146 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 183 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%
hp v150w 32GB 276 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 25GB free, PID 2d40 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.5 2.9 2.6 5 7.8 3 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	7.37% Terrible	Read 24.9 Write 3.7 Mixed 12.4 SusWrite 3.9 12% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.2 75% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.37% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 18.8 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 18.1 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 63%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,318 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	975x
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	371x
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	155x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	74x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	66x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $775

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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