MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	104% 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	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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170420
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '17 at 08:49
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 436 59% 442 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Biostar G300-240GB 240GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1115 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 712 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 96 (A3) Unknown 100 100 56 (A4) Unknown 100 100 39212 (A5) Unknown 100 100 81 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 8 (B1) Unknown 100 100 9 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 8 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 4 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 235249 (F2) Unknown 100 100 257174 (F5) Unknown 100 100 156848	104% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 447 Mixed 472 106% 476 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 40.2 141% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 83.8 119% 221 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 706GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 127 127 21494366508 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1482 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3350 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 403 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1482 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1482 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 180389937178 (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	97.6% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 171 Mixed 162 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.17 98% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 279GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2152 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5468 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 849 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 126 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12876 (C2) HDA temperature 117 98 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	81.9% Excellent	Read 132 Write 154 Mixed 152 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.3 115% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 109%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 352GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 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 98 1 (03) Spinup time 86 86 5240 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 8979 (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 97 97 13239 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4084 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 1 (B7) Unknown 100 100 332 (B8) Unknown 98 98 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 65 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 82 56 302776338 (C2) HDA temperature 80 53 369885204 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 167289 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	56.6% Above average	Read 103 Write 94 Mixed 92.3 72% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.47 118% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 59%
Seagate ST9250315AS 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 209GB free Firmware: KC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 608 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6515 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 43283751948 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10270 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2947 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 8590142608 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 76 54 420610072 (C2) HDA temperature 24 46 47244640280 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 20 608 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 36731 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -107232448468430 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1423578996 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3290898339	57.2% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 102 Mixed 93.1 73% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.56 104% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 57%
Seagate ST500DM002-1BD142 250GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 53GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 29867503 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4868 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 29850681 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5289 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1664 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 824 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 56 420675607 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 33 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 52846 (C2) HDA temperature 23 44 55834574871 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 51 29867503 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	36.4% Below average	Read 64.2 Write 62.6 Mixed 60.8 47% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.44 92% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2400 CL16 16GB 1x16GB 130 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	46% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 13.3 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 14.9 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 47%

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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 $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	77x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	40x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16