MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	97.3% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150415
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '17 at 02:37
Run Duration	307 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 226 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 631 67% 535 Pts	64-Core 615 38% 615 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.3% Above average	Lighting 67.6 Reflection 66.4 Parallax 59.9 55% 64.6 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 62 Splatting 52.9 50% 62.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 372GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9200 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 134 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (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 66 52 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 31 (EB) Unknown 99 99 74 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18245067571	97.3% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 413 Mixed 421 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 27.3 152% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 46.9 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 26.6 59% 115 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 929GB free 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 176 173 2166 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2646 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14126 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 508 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 221 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2454 (C2) HDA temperature 118 100 25 (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 204 Write 178 Mixed 166 137% 183 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.29 130% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 1TB 939 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 259GB free Firmware: 2105 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 90.6 Write 92.7 Mixed 87.5 68% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 70%
USB 2.0 SD MMC Reader 2GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 2GB free, PID 8123 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	6.49% Terrible	Read 14 Write 8.89 Mixed 8.73 12% 10.5 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.47 47% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.49% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.4 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 24 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 72%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,358 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	994x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	657x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	230x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	376x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	230x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	135x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	158x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	56x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	215x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 17,012 samples	74x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	68x

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