MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics107% 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 Drive79.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
SystemMSI MS-7922
MotherboardMSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)  (all builds)
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150529
Uptime1 Days
Run DateNov 08 '17 at 16:29
Run Duration150 Seconds
Run User PAK-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88.6% Excellent
Memory 97.2
1-Core 128
2-Core 246
89% 157 Pts
4-Core 433
8-Core 613
66% 523 Pts
64-Core 644
40% 644 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 88.6%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Lighting 140
Reflection 150
Parallax 128
114% 139 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 136
Splatting 110
98% 121 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 107%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 128GB
21GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXM02D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
79.6% Very good
Read 491
Write 221
Mixed 239
70% 317 MB/s
4K Read 34.3
4K Write 94.3
4K Mixed 20.4
128% 49.7 MB/s
DQ Read 266
DQ Write 152
DQ Mixed 20
66% 146 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 79.6%
Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
325GB free
Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
80.6% Excellent
Read 145
Write 136
Mixed 128
102% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.64
4K Write 1.47
4K Mixed 0.17
73% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 80.6%
Great: 114%
WD WD15EVDS-73V9B1 1.5TB
14GB free
Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
27.9% Poor
Read 51.7
Write 45.1
Mixed 48.1
36% 48.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.45
4K Write 1.75
4K Mixed 0.28
82% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 27.9%
Great: 54%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
78.7% Very good
MC Read 28.4
MC Write 29.3
MC Mixed 24.3
78% 27.3 GB/s
SC Read 19.9
SC Write 24.3
SC Mixed 25.6
66% 23.3 GB/s
Latency 49.4
81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 78.7%
Great: 80%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,313 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) - $127

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $775
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HDDRAMUSB
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