MSI Z97A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7930)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.2% 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	309% 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.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7930
Motherboard	MSI Z97A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7930) (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '21 at 19:49
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 230 88% 152 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 679 76% 597 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4074) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 137 Parallax 102 89% 116 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 105 Splatting 85.8 87% 110 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 886GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1805 1513 1511 1519 1512 1520 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	309% Outstanding	Read 1,993 Write 2,204 Mixed 1,813 SusWrite 1,563 427% 1,893 MB/s	4K Read 50.5 4K Write 210 4K Mixed 80 290% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,084 DQ Write 899 DQ Mixed 982 738% 988 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 309% Great: 347%
T-force TM8FP8001T 1TB 1,441 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 949GB free Firmware: S1218A3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 620 602 612 615 624 621 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 719 Write 620 Mixed 594 SusWrite 616 143% 637 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 27.5 181% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 763 DQ Write 497 DQ Mixed 389 355% 550 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 285%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 4x8GB 531 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	70% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 23.9 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 87%

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Typical Z97A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7930) Builds (Compare 39 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 81%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 67%

Battle cruiser

Motherboard: MSI Z97A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7930)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	22x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	11x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	2x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	5x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	4x

SSD
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)WD $74Bench 277%, 114,373 samples	6x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	3x
WDS500G2B0C 500GBWDCBench 193%, 3,120 samples	3x

RAM
8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 4x8GBUnknownBench 57%, 531 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 17,012 samples	3x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $705

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	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) $34	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