MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.7% 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	112% 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	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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '21 at 00:51
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 235 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 454 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.2.1 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.7% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 141 Parallax 172 99% 145 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 123 Splatting 94.8 89% 110 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 342 316 323 320 309 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 430 Mixed 385 SusWrite 316 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 58 188% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
WDC WDS100T2B0A 1TB 10,504 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 42GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 339 315 340 341 341 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 435 Write 219 Mixed 366 SusWrite 328 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 52 173% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 281 231% 331 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 121%
Umis RPJTJ256MEE1OWX 256GB 5,615 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 237GB free Firmware: 2.0C0628 SusWrite @10s intervals: 498 361 363 362 361 360 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 644 Write 584 Mixed 592 SusWrite 384 124% 551 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 72.2 236% 82.3 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 517 DQ Mixed 316 325% 536 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 210%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 9,009 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 888GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 81 81 80 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 81.3 Write 76.9 Mixed 40.4 SusWrite 80.3 93% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 6,144 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 28.1 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 26 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 86%

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,319 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	648x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $775

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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