MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '18 at 09:58
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	MUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 251 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 664 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E221) 1GB CLim: 860 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 16.11.4 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	Lighting 25.6 Reflection 27.9 Parallax 32.4 21% 28.6 fps	MRender 24.8 Gravity 20.6 Splatting 32.6 22% 26 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ts128gss D25S-M 128GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 75GB free Firmware: 1205 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 156 156 136 155 156 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	Read 151 Write 104 Mixed 126 SusWrite 153 30% 134 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 31.4 4K Mixed 14.4 56% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 40 DQ Write 31.9 DQ Mixed 17.9 18% 29.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 34%
Toshiba HDWD105 500GB-$49 9,420 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS1O SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 99 100 100 110 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 129 Write 129 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 104 69% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 132% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 104%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 51GB free Firmware: MX6O SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 91 91 91 93 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 126 Write 129 Mixed 16 SusWrite 91.9 65% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 164% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 107%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 141GB free Firmware: 1AQ1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 94 95 95 96 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 113 Write 40.3 Mixed 53.3 SusWrite 95.7 56% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.8% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.5 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 62%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,321 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	975x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	649x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	226x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	371x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	229x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	134x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	155x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	55x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	211x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 17,012 samples	74x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	66x

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Total price: $775

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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