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 as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	84.7% 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.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	19.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '18 at 03:16
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 230 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 679 68% 553 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7922) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 30580 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6003 (B1) Unknown 89 89 124 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 55 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 19 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5825 (F1) Unknown 99 99 147088925400	84.7% Excellent	Read 500 Write 343 Mixed 344 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 23.6 129% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 41.7 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 65.5 70% 110 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 126%
WD WD80EZZX-11CSGA0 8TB 694 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 116 (03) Spinup time 164 164 17209819481 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 62 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 357 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 60 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 464 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 464 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 227634708521 (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 200 200 0	79.3% Very good	Read 139 Write 138 Mixed 139 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.44 120% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 99%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 679GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 220 198 7966 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3220 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19244 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 378 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 261 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23384 (C2) HDA temperature 115 103 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	67.7% Good	Read 127 Write 109 Mixed 110 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.25 97% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 99%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 526GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 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 216 193 8175 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11740 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18347 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 249 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 213 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 26435 (C2) HDA temperature 116 105 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	81.1% Excellent	Read 156 Write 126 Mixed 114 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.24 92% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 99%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 449GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 130161688 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6240 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 124770311 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35890 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 62 62 38975 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 28 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 45 656080931 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 23234 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33743 (C2) HDA temperature 35 55 85899345955 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1324 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 14280766285719 (F1) Unknown 100 253 57742142634 (F2) Unknown 100 253 44462099187	86.1% Excellent	Read 148 Write 151 Mixed 119 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 5.38 4K Mixed 0.52 179% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 1302 1600 CL9 Series 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 1302 1600 CL9 Series 24GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.9% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 14.7 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 8.5 38% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 72%

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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	975x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	648x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	211x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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