MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive166% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7922
MotherboardMSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)  (all builds)
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160216
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 29 '21 at 05:21
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
81.6% Excellent
Memory 94.3
1-Core 112
2-Core 205
80% 137 Pts
4-Core 372
8-Core 596
59% 484 Pts
64-Core 593
37% 593 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 81.6%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510
Nvidia(10DE 1F06) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76
Performing below potential (68th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 124
Reflection 111
Parallax 125
101% 120 fps
MRender 174
Gravity 112
Splatting 104
103% 130 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 102%
Great: 106%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73
427GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 602 578 581 624 624 616 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
166% Outstanding
Read 734
Write 636
Mixed 608
SusWrite 604
145% 645 MB/s
4K Read 54.8
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 69.6
234% 80.7 MB/s
DQ Read 685
DQ Write 503
DQ Mixed 273
291% 487 MB/s
Poor: 130%
This bench: 166%
Great: 295%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130
371GB free
Firmware: RVT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 448 449 467 469 453 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
127% Outstanding
Read 509
Write 481
Mixed 459
SusWrite 457
107% 477 MB/s
4K Read 43.7
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 59.6
202% 71.8 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 350
DQ Mixed 364
273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 127%
Great: 133%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8GBH2X04H1BB31-16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 2192 MHz
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
75.1% Very good
MC Read 28.3
MC Write 28.6
MC Mixed 22.1
75% 26.3 GB/s
SC Read 20.5
SC Write 21.6
SC Mixed 24.9
64% 22.3 GB/s
Latency 59
68% 59 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 75.1%
Great: 80%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,318 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) - $127

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $775
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