MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	75.7% 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	136% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '21 at 23:56
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	63% Good	Memory 76.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 218 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 289 39% 289 Pts	64-Core 284 18% 284 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5170) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.7% Very good	Lighting 92.7 Reflection 104 Parallax 94.6 76% 97.1 fps	MRender 92.4 Gravity 92.5 Splatting 93.4 76% 92.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101200WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 446 294 265 230 224 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 665 Write 651 Mixed 640 SusWrite 309 127% 566 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 55.6 186% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 778 DQ Write 702 DQ Mixed 873 618% 784 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 284%
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 79GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 136 136 138 133 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 414 Write 136 Mixed 200 SusWrite 131 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 33.3 128% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 160 129% 185 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 133GB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 81 77 81 81 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 97 Write 92.2 Mixed 53 SusWrite 79.7 59% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL10 Series 2x8GB 4,816 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	52.4% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 17.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 15 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 88.2 45% 88.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 62%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $775

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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