MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	109% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	20.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 05 '16 at 01:22
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 136 2-Core 275 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 721 76% 609 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2401.0 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 41% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11155 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 519 (B1) Unknown 99 99 35 (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 62 52 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 259 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7072630304	109% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 454 Mixed 499 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 28.9 153% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 24.9 104% 231 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 439GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 74 63 25728641 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1053 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5309159 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 954 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 833 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 58 605814819 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1064 (C2) HDA temperature 35 18 77309411363 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 25728641 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 63642825393015 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1478925460 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2953410444	87.7% Excellent	Read 154 Write 152 Mixed 132 109% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.32 94% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 24GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1867, 1600, 1867, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 20 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 61%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,320 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	975x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	648x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	226x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	371x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	229x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	134x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	155x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	211x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 17,012 samples	74x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	66x

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Total price: $775

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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