MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	111% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '16 at 00:27
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 76.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 218 75% 135 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 373 53% 390 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% EVGA(3842 1460) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Lighting 16.3 Reflection 16.8 Parallax 13.4 13% 15.5 fps	MRender 20.1 Gravity 15.4 Splatting 15 14% 16.8 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6e PCIe M.2 256GB-$208 1,444 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11642 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 276 (B1) Unknown 100 100 45625 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 263 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 264871 (F2) Unknown 100 100 230404	111% Outstanding	Read 660 Write 543 Mixed 589 133% 597 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 33.2 140% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 35.3 DQ Write 372 DQ Mixed 98.6 108% 169 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 129%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50 17,310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 819GB free Firmware: CV23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 44255752 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1882 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6289381 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12775 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 456 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 69 69 31 (BE) vendor-specific 63 58 622985253 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 416 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1884 (C2) HDA temperature 37 42 85899345957 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	96.3% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 169 Mixed 147 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.22 85% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 523 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.9% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 15.2 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 87.6 46% 87.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 92%

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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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Total price: $775

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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