MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	May 26 '20 at 02:34
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 81.8 2-Core 169 67% 113 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 381 51% 383 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35.4% Below average	Lighting 40 Reflection 46.2 Parallax 37.5 33% 41.2 fps	MRender 57.1 Gravity 40 Splatting 52.2 41% 49.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 73GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 182 192 196 192 195 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 433 Write 200 Mixed 202 SusWrite 193 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 11.6 76% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 83 98% 171 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 78%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 637 Write 460 Mixed 550 122% 549 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 54.7 185% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 744 DQ Write 664 DQ Mixed 954 647% 787 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 235GB free Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1159 630 651 672 626 636 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1,608 Write 1,676 Mixed 1,348 SusWrite 729 301% 1,340 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 31.8 124% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,252 DQ Write 812 DQ Mixed 1,102 803% 1,055 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 297%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 0GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.2 4.1 3.9 5.9 6.1 5.2 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,266 Write 2.7 SusWrite 5.2 303% 425 MB/s	4K Read 552 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 23,055% 184 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
WD WD20EZAZ-00WGYX0 2TB 9,544 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 632GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 25 25 26 28 29 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 18% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 19.4 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.5 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 71%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,313 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	970x
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) $30	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