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

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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 Drive	105% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 04:48
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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-$81 342,244 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)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 241 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 483 65% 483 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700XT 50th Anniversary 4,475 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.7.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 112 Parallax 225 109% 157 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 126 Splatting 154 109% 130 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 103%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3 1T00 1TB 12,396 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 898GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 462 465 481 485 480 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 412 Write 449 Mixed 318 SusWrite 470 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 29.1 150% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 247 212% 311 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 118%
Seagate 600 240GB-$215 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 54GB free Firmware: C675 SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 436 433 379 276 221 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 434 Mixed 327 SusWrite 361 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 37.6 148% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 252 213% 310 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 173 172 173 173 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 216 Mixed 114 SusWrite 174 126% 172 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 408% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

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 @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 32.6 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 40.5 SC Mixed 28.8 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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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	346x
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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	79x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	61x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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