MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% 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	103% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '22 at 19:33
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.7 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 214 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 664 66% 538 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6399) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 526.86 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 193 Parallax 201 142% 189 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 186 Splatting 129 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 300 186 184 168 182 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 465 Mixed 394 SusWrite 238 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 51.4 168% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 364 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 134%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 314GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 598 606 615 621 591 594 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 686 Write 620 Mixed 636 SusWrite 604 143% 637 MB/s	4K Read 51 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 60.9 198% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 704 DQ Write 573 DQ Mixed 641 479% 639 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 340%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 272GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 104 100 101 104 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 75.6 Write 78 Mixed 59.9 SusWrite 103 58% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 62%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 58GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 64 66 66 65 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	45% Average	Read 89.2 Write 94.1 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 67 58% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C11D3L/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C11D3L/4G 16GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	66.3% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 19.2 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 21 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 71%

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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 $94Bench 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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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 $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16