MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	87.2% 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	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.

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System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '17 at 05:15
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 253 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 483 64% 482 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^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 14825 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 536 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 83 83 518 (AE) Unknown 100 100 128 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 54 197569478689 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 83 83 17 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 25759675720 (F7) Unknown 100 100 834774493 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2467607183	87.2% Excellent	Read 519 Write 328 Mixed 393 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 19.8 123% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 35.1 84% 171 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 97%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 29GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7243 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 107 (A8) Unknown 100 100 357 (AA) Unknown 100 100 278 (AD) Unknown 100 100 589843 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 306 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2311	76.1% Very good	Read 517 Write 357 Mixed 353 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 10.4 99% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 33.3 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 42.7 58% 99.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 97%
Seagate ST3250312AS 250GB-$32 19,180 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 99GB free Firmware: JC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 73721000 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11757 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 74963816 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22560 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 594 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 91 278 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 572063777 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 38654705697 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 15 73721000 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 294 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 74547747379872 (F1) Unknown 100 253 890661108 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4170705476	50% Average	Read 82.2 Write 92 Mixed 78.1 63% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.39 86% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 3x4GB 945 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.5 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.5 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 61%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,313 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	970x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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