MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '17 at 08:36
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th 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 above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 258 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 679 72% 576 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 202 Parallax 180 147% 187 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 176 Splatting 136 120% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD10EZEX-00WN4A0 240GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3309 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 702 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 196 196 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 154 (C2) HDA temperature 70 55 193274576926 (F1) Unknown 100 100 221964	102% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 509 Mixed 500 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 13.4 123% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 43.8 111% 234 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 307GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 222012080 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 850 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 37882863 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3430 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 761 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 588775457 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 83 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16422 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 64424509473 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 10518374910561 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32359421793 (F2) Unknown 100 253 446849146396	85.5% Excellent	Read 160 Write 138 Mixed 149 113% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 128GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 168 2133 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 860 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3496 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 762 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 706 (C2) HDA temperature 110 98 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66.1% Good	Read 119 Write 111 Mixed 89.8 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.21 87% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 93GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 197950576 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 644 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9341044 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2501 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 558 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 69 59 521666591 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8137 (C2) HDA temperature 31 41 64424509471 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -136326556940592 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16336975096 (F2) Unknown 100 253 74230528749	84.7% Excellent	Read 149 Write 146 Mixed 117 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.22 91% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C9D3/8GX KHX2400C11D3/8GX KHX1866C9D3/8GX KHX2400C11D3/8GX 32GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1600, 2400, 1600, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 26.5 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 26.1 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 83%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,327 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	978x
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 $79Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16