MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83% 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	63.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (20%). 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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	13 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 23:05
Run Duration	513 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 94.4 2-Core 201 71% 126 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 526 55% 442 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 115 Parallax 98.9 85% 106 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 95.7 Splatting 98.8 79% 96.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 480GB-$300 1,286 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 108GB free Firmware: R211 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 114 76548684 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 -89807766138677 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 177 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 547 (B1) Unknown 0 0 11 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 22 75 25774718998 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 76548684 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 6 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 76548684 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 76548684 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 40054 (EA) Unknown 0 0 37755 (F1) Unknown 0 0 37755 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19835	54.8% Above average	Read 482 Write 174 Mixed 239 65% 298 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 14.1 4K Mixed 17 65% 18.2 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 57.2 DQ Mixed 50.8 55% 94.6 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 66%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 31202 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 481 (B1) Unknown 69 69 374 (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 75 52 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 89 89 10298 (EB) Unknown 99 99 322 (F1) Unknown 99 99 82165337932	63.9% Good	Read 486 Write 122 Mixed 131 53% 246 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 9.36 98% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 8.52 60% 146 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 73%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 569GB free Firmware: MS2OA7S0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 851968 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 121 121 12897353917 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9292 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 29495 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 417 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9580 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9580 (C2) HDA temperature 229 229 210454380568 (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 200 200 18 (F0) Head flying hours 97 97 22893 (F1) Unknown 100 100 25981077617 (F2) Unknown 100 100 34355374100
Poor: 47% Great: 107%
General UDisk 134GB 509 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 120GB free, PID null Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	1.93% Terrible	Read 7.7 Write 2.73 Mixed 3.4 5% 4.61 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.006 4% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.93% Great: 32%
Generic- Compact Flash 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 12GB free, PID 0184 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	18.7% Very poor	Read 31.6 Write 22.3 Mixed 24.6 32% 26.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 2.07 179% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	67.1% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.3 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 21.1 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 85%

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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 2,311 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	968x
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