MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.6% 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	153% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '24 at 01:36
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 94.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 194 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 367 49% 367 Pts	64-Core 351 22% 351 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6800-$759 18,552 User benchmarks, average bench 143% XFX(1EAE 6705) ≥ 4GB; XFX SWFT 319 RX 6800 CORE Ram: 16GB, Driver: 24.4.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 93.4 Reflection 90 Parallax 199 76% 127 fps	MRender 170 Gravity 67.8 Splatting 107 92% 115 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 153%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$93 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 233GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 549 548 548 576 572 577 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 614 Write 526 Mixed 574 SusWrite 562 128% 569 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 64.1 202% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 772 DQ Write 614 DQ Mixed 919 626% 769 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 410%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 28GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 286 289 286 280 274 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 408 Write 395 Mixed 334 SusWrite 286 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 40.9 138% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 253 214% 312 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 113%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 177GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 330 332 341 348 349 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 479 Mixed 442 SusWrite 336 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 56.8 186% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 360 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.8% Below average	MC Read 12.4 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 10.9 34% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 11.3 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 67%

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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	68	56	60	25"	2560 1417	ACI25A1 ASUS PB258

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,337 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	983x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	651x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	228x

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 $85Bench 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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Total price: $775

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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