MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94.5% 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	149% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 months ago, 3 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '24 at 21:13
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

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 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 224 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 555 58% 466 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.5% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 134 Parallax 124 95% 125 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 129 Splatting 114 93% 113 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$69 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 352GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 483 554 578 566 578 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 698 Write 565 Mixed 609 SusWrite 500 133% 593 MB/s	4K Read 52 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 64.3 206% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 631 DQ Write 557 DQ Mixed 594 445% 594 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 355%
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 429GB free Firmware: H230915a SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 391 410 426 422 428 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 420 Write 466 Mixed 387 SusWrite 380 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 43.5 154% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 264 196% 254 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 562 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 16.5 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 101%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	60	60	27"	1280 720	AOC2757 2757M

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,347 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	987x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	654x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	230x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	373x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	229x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	134x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	158x
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	215x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 17,012 samples	74x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	68x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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