MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	59.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	143% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '17 at 07:15
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 277 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 777 77% 630 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Sapphire(174B E324) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Lighting 75 Reflection 63.3 Parallax 87.5 61% 75.3 fps	MRender 62.9 Gravity 60.6 Splatting 80 57% 67.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDDAK512TBN-1AR1ZABHA 512GB 1,111 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 327GB free Firmware: HPC0012 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1940 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 284 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (B0) Unknown 100 100 2135 (B5) Unknown 100 100 605594452047 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 284 (C2) HDA temperature 69 56 188979740703 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 116549274 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3712043483 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2603969494 (F3) Unknown 100 100 160114761	113% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 489 Mixed 484 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 37.2 160% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 65.2 122% 241 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 98%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 134GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14743 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2259 (B1) Unknown 94 94 208 (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 70 57 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 106 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22556048751	84.4% Excellent	Read 510 Write 378 Mixed 456 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 24.2 108% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 98.7 DQ Mixed 59.6 79% 149 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 86%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 79GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2067 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 304 (64) Unknown 100 100 431280 (65) Unknown 100 100 126384 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 254 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 702 (B7) Unknown 100 100 5 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 100 1009318559771 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 807 (EA) Unknown 100 100 610 (F1) Unknown 100 100 764 (F2) Unknown 100 100 659 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1	67.8% Good	Read 494 Write 192 Mixed 222 66% 303 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 60 4K Mixed 12.4 96% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 27.3 66% 142 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 82%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 1,161 Write 552 Mixed 897 192% 870 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 30.8 196% 79.5 MB/s	DQ Read 49.2 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 159 114% 140 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 243%
WD WD10TPVT-00H 1TB 1,893 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 918GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 220 192 1975 (04) Start/Stop count 71 71 29970 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17050 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 913 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 30367 (C2) HDA temperature 124 97 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	47.6% Average	Read 82.3 Write 83.6 Mixed 79.8 62% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.18 55% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 49%
Toshiba MK5065GSXF 500GB 2,703 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 462GB free Firmware: GV108B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2240 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 752 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 10084 (0A) Spinup retry count 115 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 602 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 17 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1037172 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 201864773659 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 8247 (DE) Loaded hours 88 88 4972 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 353 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	43.3% Average	Read 78.4 Write 72.2 Mixed 75.5 57% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.31 79% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 4x8GB 3,364 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 23.1 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 23.7 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 96%

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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	392x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	308x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	103x

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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	40x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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