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

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '19 at 14:21
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 230 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 456 59% 443 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2244 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Lighting 80.7 Reflection 81.3 Parallax 71.1 66% 77.7 fps	MRender 78.2 Gravity 75.2 Splatting 77.4 63% 76.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 101 96 97 89 98 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 308 Write 187 Mixed 206 SusWrite 100 44% 200 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 29 136% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 169 125% 165 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 85%
Kingston SHFR200240G 240GB 2,078 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 196GB free Firmware: 000056R8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 120 123 124 116 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 463 Mixed 407 SusWrite 147 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 49.9 179% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 196 178% 271 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 586GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 1.7 17 18 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	6.46% Terrible	Read 10.3 Write 3 Mixed 1 SusWrite 12.2 5% 6.62 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0 6% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 6.46% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 24.8 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 31.6 SC Mixed 24.8 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 104%

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

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Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) Builds (Compare 1,550 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	606x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	496x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	119x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	345x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	154x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	90x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	70x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	44x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	79x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	61x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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