MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.6% 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	113% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161018
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '16 at 17:28
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 503 67% 503 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 118 Parallax 104 85% 108 fps	MRender 91.8 Gravity 92.1 Splatting 93.9 76% 92.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4231 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1514 (B1) Unknown 97 97 63 (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 67 49 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 56 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29090892600	113% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 399 Mixed 422 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 45 176% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 106 137% 248 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 95GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5351 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1693 (B1) Unknown 99 99 20 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 54 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 61 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4688491777	104% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 400 Mixed 419 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 25.4 154% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 101 134% 246 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 45GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5271 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1667 (B1) Unknown 99 99 20 (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 69 54 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 56 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4710432432	104% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 387 Mixed 417 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 41 175% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 46 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 103 95% 139 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 115%
Seagate M3 1TB 361 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 893GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 118 Write 113 Mixed 62.7 120% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 3.42 4K Mixed 0.53 139% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 26.1 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 25.4 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 80%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	393x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	309x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	104x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	127x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	87x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	77x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	40x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	44x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	35x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $525

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 $178	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