MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	83.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150415
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '17 at 02:40
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 249 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 650 67% 541 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% XFX(1682 9390) CLim: 1015 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Lighting 65.8 Reflection 60.3 Parallax 78.8 54% 68.3 fps	MRender 60.3 Gravity 54.1 Splatting 76.8 54% 63.7 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 342GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^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 100 100 898 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 53 201864839205 (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 3 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1452215006 (F7) Unknown 100 100 45412585 (F8) Unknown 100 100 24878880 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3597 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	86.6% Excellent	Read 483 Write 322 Mixed 329 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 27.7 119% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 50.1 95% 193 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 104%
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS2754D117-488 240GB 1,955 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS211101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^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 2933 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 343 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 24 (B1) Unknown 0 0 32 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 221 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 106 (E7) Temperature 100 100 38 (E9) Unknown 0 0 53 (EA) Unknown 0 0 52 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8227 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9808	83.6% Excellent	Read 510 Write 301 Mixed 376 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 22.3 130% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 29.3 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 61.3 75% 123 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 97%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6912 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 7 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 356 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 73 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 176095428647 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 289 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 564 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	102% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 177 Mixed 166 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 4.47 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.29 262% 2.38 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 866GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 4283 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 903 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7694 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 398 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 156 156 134692 (C2) HDA temperature 112 103 35 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	72% Very good	Read 129 Write 121 Mixed 117 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.16 90% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IMT41GU6MFR8C-RA0 2x8GB 230 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	67.4% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 20.7 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 21.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 73%

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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