MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.9% 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	91.3% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 07:13
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 236 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 642 64% 522 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 108 Parallax 107 86% 107 fps	MRender 90.4 Gravity 95.7 Splatting 88.4 75% 91.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ts480gss D220S 480GB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 126GB free Firmware: P0624AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 52 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 951 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 48 (A3) Unknown 100 100 523 (A4) Unknown 100 100 6406 (A5) Unknown 100 100 27 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 5 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 34227150258201 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 53132 (F2) Unknown 100 100 54132 (F5) Unknown 100 100 75670	101% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 444 Mixed 471 106% 473 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 43.5 154% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 32.3 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 74.7 76% 115 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
Zotac Premium Edition 240GB-$75 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5652 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1687 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 498 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5177494 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 173 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13233	91.3% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 429 Mixed 495 107% 479 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 13.9 113% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 61.8 106% 207 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 109%
WD WD20EARX-008FB0 4TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 766GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 211191408 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2138 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15668545 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3270 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 929 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 64 56 605093924 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 395 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28945 (C2) HDA temperature 36 44 38654705700 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 119 100 211191408 (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 -140333761427452 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9465964701 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5742847451	51.8% Above average	Read 98.6 Write 80.1 Mixed 49.5 56% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 0.41 191% 2.45 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 95%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$27 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 437GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 131 129 4433 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5457 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11015 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3075 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 133 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5323 (C2) HDA temperature 107 94 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	49.5% Average	Read 79.4 Write 92.7 Mixed 99.9 69% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.19 84% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	67.3% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 20.8 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 20.3 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 80%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,335 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	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 $90Bench 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 i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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