MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% 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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '19 at 21:46
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 217 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 444 59% 444 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2173) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 131 Parallax 135 113% 135 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 131 Splatting 107 110% 140 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 268GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 312 305 302 305 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 467 Mixed 382 SusWrite 314 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 62.2 196% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 354 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 190 189 194 194 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 126 Write 148 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 190 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.8 228% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 90%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 3TB 1,686 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0508 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 186 188 186 191 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 141 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 187 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 104%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 559GB free Firmware: JB0OA3B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 93 81 77 99 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 28.7 Write 33 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 77.1 29% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.7 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 18.7 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 62%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,318 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	225x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	371x
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	155x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	74x
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 $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