MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	86.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

High background CPU (29%). 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	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141110
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '19 at 21:53
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^th 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 81 1-Core 103 2-Core 203 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 401 47% 362 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 116 Parallax 99.4 89% 108 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 101 Splatting 101 82% 99.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 22GB free Firmware: R112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 120 115 123 119 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 357 Write 130 Mixed 172 SusWrite 118 43% 194 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 30.1 117% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 154 119% 163 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 81%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 209 257 317 289 224 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 329 Write 190 Mixed 260 SusWrite 248 58% 257 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 29.2 106% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 268 210% 294 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 210%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 10GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 90 54 40 49 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 107 Write 105 Mixed 58.2 SusWrite 55 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 563GB free Firmware: CC4D SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 148 151 147 152 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 155 Write 130 Mixed 74 SusWrite 149 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.2% Average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 11.5 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 12.1 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,312 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	969x
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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Total price: $775

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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