MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.5% 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	83.5% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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

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System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	21.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '18 at 05:05
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 90.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 258 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 665 73% 579 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1593 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 116 Parallax 105 89% 110 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 100 Splatting 83.8 76% 94.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 339 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 61 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 52 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1579830433	83.5% Excellent	Read 506 Write 231 Mixed 301 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 27.2 122% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 66.3 106% 209 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 128%
OCZ Trion 150 120GB-$50 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 9GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6578 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1236 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 173 173 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 72 (C2) HDA temperature 72 58 180389675036 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1165660	74.8% Very good	Read 498 Write 323 Mixed 341 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 64.6 4K Mixed 9.41 84% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 45.2 90% 187 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 89%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 374GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 40480184 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 995 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 40842661 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4403 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 904 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 196611 (BD) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BE) vendor-specific 63 56 623050789 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21979 (C2) HDA temperature 37 44 68719476773 (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 -80586471371967 (F1) Unknown 100 253 28920780844 (F2) Unknown 100 253 178400360385	85.4% Excellent	Read 128 Write 169 Mixed 123 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 5.35 4K Mixed 0.45 168% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 0420 F3-2400C10-4GZH 1302 1866 CL10 Series 0420 F3-2400C10-4GZH 24GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1600, 2400, 1600, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.7% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 18.2 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 66%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,331 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	980x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	649x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	227x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16