MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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	105% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '18 at 19:35
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 254 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 660 70% 559 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 182 Parallax 190 143% 183 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 174 Splatting 116 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 5050 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1773 (B1) Unknown 93 93 133 (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 63 52 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 28 (EB) Unknown 99 99 74 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26668250248	105% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 413 Mixed 417 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 35.2 160% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 87 113% 203 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 115%
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 120GB-$67 1,123 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 66GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 255 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 164 (AB) Unknown 100 100 40809552 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 4 (D2) Unknown 100 100 68 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 206 (F2) Unknown 100 100 741 (F9) Unknown 100 100 7203456	97.9% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 420 Mixed 448 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 19.9 128% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 74 127% 247 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 104%
WD WD30EZRS-00J99B0 3TB 2,807 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 216GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 148 145 9591 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6959 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10539 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2255 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 119 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10197 (C2) HDA temperature 119 103 33 (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 87 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	34.9% Below average	Read 61.4 Write 59.9 Mixed 62.3 46% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.17 72% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,124 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 19.1 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 62%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,312 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	969x
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 $184	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) $35	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