MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

23 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	17.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '22 at 20:20
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th 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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 231 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 576 65% 508 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% PNY(196E 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 142 Parallax 132 107% 135 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 136 Splatting 118 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GB-$209 7,834 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSTi SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 159 165 164 164 171 MB/s Performing below potential (87^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	78.4% Very good	Read 279 Write 199 Mixed 225 SusWrite 160 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 38.9 156% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 123 119% 191 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 82%
Samsung SP2504C 250GB-$29 14,402 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 226GB free Firmware: VT100-41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 68 68 68 67 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 61.2 Write 69.7 Mixed 45.3 SusWrite 67.9 45% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 38%
Seagate ST3500830AS 500GB-$145 6,517 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 465GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 77 78 78 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 77.4 Write 41.3 Mixed 48 SusWrite 76.9 45% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 44%
Seagate ST3250824AS 250GB-$148 4,794 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 233GB free Firmware: 3.ADH SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 58 58 59 59 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 56 Write 58.4 Mixed 41.8 SusWrite 58.4 40% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 37%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 207GB free Firmware: SBM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 71 69 77 76 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Read 24.9 Write 74.1 Mixed 54.9 SusWrite 73.2 42% 56.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.4 122% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 24GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 61%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,329 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	979x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	649x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	226x

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	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	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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16