MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	118% 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	69.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '18 at 11:31
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 128 2-Core 257 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 692 73% 586 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2660 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 149 Parallax 154 132% 155 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 150 Splatting 118 106% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 13595 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3477 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1391769749936 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 40 (A8) Unknown 100 100 46 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 30 (AE) Unknown 100 100 383 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 52 223339413547 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622940235270 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6932 (EA) Unknown 100 100 26037 (F1) Unknown 253 253 19351 (F2) Unknown 253 253 28837 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	69.4% Good	Read 455 Write 324 Mixed 313 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 11.6 102% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30.3 DQ Write 74.3 DQ Mixed 48.9 38% 51.2 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 101%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 627 (03) Spinup time 212 177 6400 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2911 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10609 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2561 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 217 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14117 (C2) HDA temperature 115 109 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 45 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 40 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 70	42.8% Average	Read 75.1 Write 73.9 Mixed 87.2 60% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.17 81% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 20.8 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 63%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,313 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	970x
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	370x
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	154x
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	73x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	66x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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