MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB 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 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150105
Uptime	9.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 20:32
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 242 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 634 69% 548 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3685) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Lighting 86 Reflection 84.3 Parallax 74.8 70% 81.7 fps	MRender 80.6 Gravity 75 Splatting 67.1 60% 74.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Goodram C100 120GB 360 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 12GB free Firmware: S8FM08.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9287 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1753 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (AA) Unknown 100 100 141 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6422638 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (DA) Unknown 100 100 2 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9367	76.8% Very good	Read 514 Write 358 Mixed 410 95% 427 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 10.1 93% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 26.3 63% 128 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 79%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2216 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1767 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10851 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1761 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1732 (C2) HDA temperature 115 101 28 (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	109% Outstanding	Read 213 Write 166 Mixed 140 129% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.19 85% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	69.4% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.1 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 23.7 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 73%

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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	968x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $775

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	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) $35	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