MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	72.1% 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.

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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '18 at 01:46
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 128 2-Core 247 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 679 69% 560 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 150 Parallax 132 114% 141 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 137 Splatting 108 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD1003FZEX-00MK2A0 256GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8481061 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -107004815200940 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3595 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1527 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 47 62 30068834351 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8481061 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8481061 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8481061 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24250 (EA) Unknown 0 0 26395 (F1) Unknown 0 0 26395 (F2) Unknown 0 0 24470	72.1% Very good	Read 476 Write 236 Mixed 306 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 12.4 117% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 22.4 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 13.5 44% 89.4 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 58070080 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7785 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 43 43 3895560377047 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10423 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3182 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 46 45 280082382902 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38654 (C2) HDA temperature 54 55 -140737488355274 (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 -77996606092176 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32200401148 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18438894826	100% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 178 Mixed 171 131% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.27 93% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 277GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4555 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7896 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2630 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4495 (C2) HDA temperature 95 92 48 (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	83.3% Excellent	Read 153 Write 138 Mixed 132 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.23 99% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 18.1 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 62%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,320 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	226x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	371x
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	155x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	211x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 17,012 samples	74x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	66x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $775

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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