MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '16 at 10:11
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th 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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 445 59% 445 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Lighting 65 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 60.6 53% 64.5 fps	MRender 73.5 Gravity 60.9 Splatting 54.8 51% 63.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Backup+ Desk 6TB 145 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 5.5TB free Firmware: 040B Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 140 Mixed 116 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.45 4K Write 7.55 4K Mixed 0.75 283% 3.25 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 406GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 63463992 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 640 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 107917543 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1714 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 640 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 52 504954910 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4234 (C2) HDA temperature 30 48 47244640286 (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 -98470715193682 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9997418757 (F2) Unknown 100 253 307960948825	78.8% Very good	Read 171 Write 104 Mixed 127 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.59 4K Mixed 0.25 59% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 1x8GB 1,440 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 9.8 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 10.7 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 34%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

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 $178	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