MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.5% 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	101% 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	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

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '17 at 21:00
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 244 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 691 68% 557 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7922) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 330C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 123 Parallax 105 99% 117 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 108 Splatting 108 88% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$99 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 389GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^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 3124 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 338 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 56 188979216409 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 8174893193 (F7) Unknown 100 100 255731921 (F8) Unknown 100 100 143853336 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3550 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	87.5% Excellent	Read 479 Write 338 Mixed 336 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 24.5 117% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 41.9 97% 205 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 104%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^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 9351 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 962 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 192 (AE) Unknown 100 100 92 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2572 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 50 214749085723 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 34954 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 32535015205 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1017991257 (F8) Unknown 100 100 723233327	101% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 393 Mixed 412 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 33.8 144% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 19.5 88% 198 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
WD WD5000AVCS-6 500GB 9,720 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 586GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 185 3633 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3056 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13278 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1479 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2892 (C2) HDA temperature 116 97 27 (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	40.9% Average	Read 59.1 Write 83.5 Mixed 64.9 52% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.13 40% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 21.7 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 25.1 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 73%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,332 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	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 $94Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $39	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