MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics110% 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 Drive130% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7922
MotherboardMSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)  (all builds)
Memory28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160216
Uptime3.5 Days
Run DateSep 11 '18 at 18:18
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 29%
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 PC Performing above expectations (61st 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 4.8 GHz, turbo 5.75 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
82% Excellent
Memory 91.3
1-Core 141
2-Core 202
85% 145 Pts
4-Core 399
8-Core 530
59% 465 Pts
64-Core 740
46% 740 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 82%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
PNY(196E 119E) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2515 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Lighting 145
Reflection 155
Parallax 146
118% 149 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 138
Splatting 114
100% 123 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 110%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
90GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 6L1QCXY7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 514 489 479 464 458 452 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
130% Outstanding
Read 694
Write 555
Mixed 355
SusWrite 476
116% 520 MB/s
4K Read 41.4
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 47
191% 72.3 MB/s
DQ Read 41.6
DQ Write 624
DQ Mixed 48.7
122% 238 MB/s
Poor: 126%
This bench: 130%
Great: 259%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80
2.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 162 160 163 160 164 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
94.1% Outstanding
Read 167
Write 153
Mixed 84
SusWrite 161
103% 141 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 94.1%
Great: 96%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB
1TB free
Firmware: 0143
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
23.1% Poor
Read 38
Write 41.8
Mixed 33
SusWrite 42.2
29% 38.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.7
118% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 17%
This bench: 23.1%
Great: 67%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
56.6% Above average
MC Read 21.3
MC Write 21.1
MC Mixed 16.2
56% 19.5 GB/s
SC Read 11.6
SC Write 19.8
SC Mixed 18.7
48% 16.7 GB/s
Latency 65.3
61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 56.6%
Great: 61%

 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 2,318 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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