MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.1% 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	116% 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 (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '18 at 01:26
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 116 2-Core 224 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 601 64% 510 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Lighting 68.9 Reflection 73.3 Parallax 65.3 56% 69.2 fps	MRender 75 Gravity 64 Splatting 58.7 53% 65.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 396GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 452 236 281 282 282 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 448 Mixed 421 SusWrite 312 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 58.5 200% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 355 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 129%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 437GB free Firmware: AM0P2C SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 103 107 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 102 Write 106 Mixed 33 SusWrite 106 63% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 60%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 102GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 100 104 102 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 97.7 Write 101 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 102 69% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 109%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 16GB-$17 2,906 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 11GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 55 56 58 56 56 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 178 Write 59.2 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 56.3 92% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 10.9 4K Write 9.1 4K Mixed 7.7 612% 9.23 MB/s	DQ Read 12.1 DQ Write 10.9 DQ Mixed 9.2 728% 10.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 81%
ASMT 2115 640GB 259 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 456GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 81 84 83 83 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 76.2 Write 78 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 82.8 93% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Vulcan-1600 0423 TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 0423 Vulcan-1600 0423 TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 16GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	64.6% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 18.6 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 21.1 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 73%

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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%

Jet ski

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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