MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	137% 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	69.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	18GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 18GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	15 GB free of 18 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '18 at 01:28
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 266 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 442 60% 444 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2792 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 200 Reflection 200 Parallax 204 163% 202 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 180 Splatting 117 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 100 840 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 817 (A6) Unknown 100 100 562 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 614 (A9) Unknown 100 100 17 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 590 (AE) Unknown 100 100 105 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 100 184683593765 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 19 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 65072 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2768 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6439	69.8% Good	Read 427 Write 275 Mixed 127 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 3.85 106% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 4.76 51% 110 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 432GB free Firmware: HP40 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 178223005 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12367 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 563373532 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 33479 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5471 (B4) Unknown 100 100 3274224 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 17180131338 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 56 454688795 (C2) HDA temperature 27 44 51539607579 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 25 178223005 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	57.4% Above average	Read 102 Write 98.2 Mixed 84.4 71% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.57 118% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 68%
Seagate ST3160812AS 160GB-$47 10,399 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 66GB free Firmware: 3.ADJ Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 84 97305310 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6354 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 317043667 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 46891 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3752 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 56 437846042 (C2) HDA temperature 26 44 60129542170 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 56 45 238225804 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	33.2% Below average	Read 56.7 Write 58.9 Mixed 63.7 45% 59.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.36 79% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6BFR8C-H9 1314 99[1/6/3]988(E/F) Kingston HP497157-D88-ELFWG 1314 99[2/7/4]110(E/F) 18GB 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.6% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 13.9 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 14.7 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns

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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%

Jet ski

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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Total price: $775

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