MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	188% 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.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '18 at 21:28
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 265 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 497 67% 499 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Lighting 81.4 Reflection 79.5 Parallax 69 66% 76.7 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 73.5 Splatting 71.8 59% 72.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 605 587 645 642 602 606 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 746 Write 659 Mixed 669 SusWrite 614 151% 672 MB/s	4K Read 65.8 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 85.6 284% 97.2 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 682 DQ Mixed 1,101 724% 855 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 102GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 152 153 153 153 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 483 Mixed 427 SusWrite 180 89% 399 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 66.4 230% 82.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 358 271% 364 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 115%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 123 122 123 123 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 138 Write 138 Mixed 90 SusWrite 122 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 84%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 924GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 167 165 166 166 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 144 Mixed 95 SusWrite 165 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 232% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 23.2 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 23.9 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 61%

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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%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

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