MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	124% 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	69% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 23:34
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 88.5 2-Core 181 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 346 46% 345 Pts	64-Core 347 22% 347 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 70%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3751) CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Lighting 22.3 Reflection 17 Parallax 20.4 18% 19.9 fps	MRender 25.4 Gravity 23.1 Splatting 16.9 17% 21.8 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 19%
Nvidia Titan Xp 8,552 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Nvidia(10DE 123F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 195 Parallax 184 136% 182 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 188 Splatting 123 117% 145 fps
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 140%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 20485732 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 116788750717164 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1390 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 489 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 41 68722163738 (C2) HDA temperature 26 41 68722163738 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 20485732 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 20485732 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 20485732 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 68719476737 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13161 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10773 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10773 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8544 (F4) Unknown 99 99 5439538	69% Good	Read 495 Write 233 Mixed 273 73% 334 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 14.3 90% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 56.7 82% 150 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 72 65 16094709 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 148 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4455550 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -84318797954836 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 75 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 65 403898392 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 493 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 77309411352 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 72 65 16094709 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 108250355728566 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2669104731 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1278985367
Poor: 40% Great: 90%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 212GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 211173136 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 871 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 82078891 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2671 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 911 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 75 52 420675609 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9430 (C2) HDA temperature 25 48 68719476761 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -43005507531828 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30926988137 (F2) Unknown 100 253 424103477017	68.5% Good	Read 106 Write 131 Mixed 118 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 5.33 4K Mixed 0.65 195% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G Hynix HMT451U6AFR8C-PB KHX1600C10D3/8G Hynix HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 24GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 18.6 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 59%

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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%

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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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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 $45	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