MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7922
Motherboard	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) (all builds)
Memory	18.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141110
Uptime	10.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '22 at 20:35
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 73.7 2-Core 154 61% 103 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 412 44% 353 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 76.5 Reflection 91.9 Parallax 78.6 62% 82.3 fps	MRender 78.9 Gravity 76 Splatting 71.5 61% 75.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 129 127 126 126 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 460 Write 451 Mixed 313 SusWrite 159 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 41 146% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 348 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 130GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 425 410 282 283 282 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 417 Mixed 427 SusWrite 351 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 50.6 164% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 354 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 128%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 715GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 145 147 147 147 146 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 140 Write 115 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 146 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 219% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 0420 F3-14900CL10-8GBXL KHX1866C10D3/8G 0420 F3-14900CL10-8GBXL 32GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1333, 1867, 1333, 1867 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	48.4% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 15.8 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 64%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922) Builds (Compare 2,318 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	225x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	371x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	228x
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	210x
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 $300	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 $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