MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	235% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150529
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '18 at 09:54
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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 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 below expectations (16^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 191 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 445 46% 369 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.3% Very good	Lighting 90.8 Reflection 96 Parallax 90.3 74% 92.4 fps	MRender 82 Gravity 89.2 Splatting 82.4 69% 84.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1589 1540 1426 1100 953 842 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 1,714 Write 1,642 Mixed 1,068 SusWrite 1,241 318% 1,416 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 55.7 185% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 892 DQ Write 593 DQ Mixed 814 588% 767 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 393%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 224GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 371 381 374 410 423 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 386 Write 338 Mixed 306 SusWrite 388 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 32.2 115% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 170 174% 284 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 116%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 444GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 104 106 107 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 100 Write 96.3 Mixed 77 SusWrite 105 70% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 6,144 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	64.7% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 21.6 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 14 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 86%

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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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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