MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics107% 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 Drive70.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7A11
MotherboardMSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11)  (all builds)
Memory29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160724
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 06 '17 at 04:15
Run Duration83 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing as expected (42nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
80% Excellent
Memory 86.2
1-Core 127
2-Core 238
85% 151 Pts
4-Core 398
8-Core 685
66% 541 Pts
64-Core 661
41% 661 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 80%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 372.90
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Lighting 140
Reflection 149
Parallax 124
114% 138 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 138
Splatting 110
98% 121 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 107%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 960GB-$80
779GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU01.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
70.8% Very good
Read 494
Write 235
Mixed 267
73% 332 MB/s
4K Read 29.7
4K Write 58.2
4K Mixed 14
94% 34 MB/s
DQ Read 259
DQ Write 175
DQ Mixed 35.2
75% 156 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 70.8%
Great: 100%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4A2666C16 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (19th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
70.3% Very good
MC Read 24.1
MC Write 27
MC Mixed 22.7
70% 24.6 GB/s
SC Read 16.8
SC Write 28.5
SC Mixed 21.6
64% 22.3 GB/s
Latency 71.1
56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 70.3%
Great: 115%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) Builds (Compare 1,550 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $455
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