MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	104% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). 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	18.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150529
Uptime	46.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '18 at 06:05
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 103 2-Core 201 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 348 48% 354 Pts	64-Core 364 22% 364 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Lighting 80.4 Reflection 57.6 Parallax 104 66% 80.6 fps	MRender 58.1 Gravity 75.8 Splatting 74.5 58% 69.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 111GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3304 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 493 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 181 181 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 60 49 219044249640 (F1) Unknown 100 100 97305	79.4% Very good	Read 512 Write 353 Mixed 351 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 9.9 90% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 45.9 95% 195 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 101%
OCZ Vector 180 240GB-$160 1,083 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6403 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1217 (AB) Unknown 100 100 81771344 (AE) Unknown 100 100 62 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 200 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 94 94 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12257 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17805 (F9) Unknown 100 100 699234467	104% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 491 Mixed 491 111% 497 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 29.3 129% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 76.9 128% 247 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 119GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1333 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7049 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1199 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1281 (C2) HDA temperature 110 104 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	87.8% Excellent	Read 169 Write 137 Mixed 138 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.29 91% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 KHX1866C10D3/8G 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 24GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.9% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 53%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,332 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	981x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	649x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	227x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	372x
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	156x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16