MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	165% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '20 at 19:18
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 90.4 2-Core 187 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 347 48% 356 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1425) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.7% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 137 Parallax 120 102% 127 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 116 Splatting 98.6 86% 106 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 412 420 419 422 423 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 699 Write 564 Mixed 595 SusWrite 426 128% 571 MB/s	4K Read 60.2 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 77.2 255% 86.4 MB/s	DQ Read 782 DQ Write 627 DQ Mixed 917 628% 775 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 302%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 57GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 291 296 299 299 296 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 435 Write 440 Mixed 370 SusWrite 296 87% 385 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 41.9 145% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 257 219% 320 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 113%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 387GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 165 164 165 166 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 168 Mixed 91 SusWrite 165 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.3 243% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 610GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 109 105 109 109 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 100 Write 114 Mixed 66 SusWrite 107 71% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773CH0-CH9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 12GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 17.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 12.2 38% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 54%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,322 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	976x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	649x
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 $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	212x
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 $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 $40	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