MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '18 at 02:55
Run Duration	311 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 235 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 437 58% 436 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4997) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.6% Good	Lighting 80.9 Reflection 85.9 Parallax 83 66% 83.3 fps	MRender 89.9 Gravity 82.3 Splatting 78.4 68% 83.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 38GB free Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 207 100 5071 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 304 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1751 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1802 (A9) Unknown 100 100 36 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1782 (AE) Unknown 100 100 124 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 100 257698037801 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 59 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 385087 (F1) Unknown 253 253 22448 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12303	85.5% Excellent	Read 489 Write 409 Mixed 460 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 5.52 110% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 28.6 82% 172 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 86%
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6919 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 67 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 231 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1048616 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2966	73.3% Very good	Read 511 Write 246 Mixed 350 81% 369 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 68 4K Mixed 9.59 96% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 37.1 85% 177 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 633GB free Firmware: SC48 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 119 99 225848728 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5567 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 262085023528 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22688 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 202 (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 62 39 567608999974 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 37924 (C2) HDA temperature 38 61 77309411366 (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 -133156871063463 (F1) Unknown 100 253 36083142721 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22794990530
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 359GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3711 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28914 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 328 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 137 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3573 (C2) HDA temperature 107 95 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	88.7% Excellent	Read 181 Write 128 Mixed 141 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.22 111% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 109%
General USB Flash Disk 64GB 106 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 16GB free, PID 1081 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 82.4 Write 75.4 Mixed 77.3 100% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 13.4 4K Mixed 3.86 627% 9.26 MB/s	DQ Read 11.2 DQ Write 13.6 DQ Mixed 3.89 636% 9.55 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 72%
Patriot Memory 8GB 549 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 7GB free, PID 3100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	9.07% Terrible	Read 34.2 Write 9.13 Mixed 13.2 20% 18.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.44 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.03 34% 2.84 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.07% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 1,509 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.3% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17.8 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.6 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 63%

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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%

Jet ski

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 $109Bench 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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Total price: $775

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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