MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	78.5% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '17 at 22:49
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$40 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 223 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 328 44% 328 Pts	64-Core 327 20% 327 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	13.8% Very poor	Lighting 16.5 Reflection 14.9 Parallax 22.8 13% 18 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 15.9 Splatting 22.7 14% 16.8 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD2S240SF1200SA2 240GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 604ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 16261957 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 63041529972738 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1814 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 692 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 28 52 47248048156 (C2) HDA temperature 28 52 47248048156 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 16261957 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 16261957 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 16261957 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 64424509441 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8128 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3741 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3741 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5737	78.5% Very good	Read 504 Write 222 Mixed 294 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 18.5 125% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 50.1 78% 145 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 78%
WD WD3200AVVS-63L2B0 320GB 8,287 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 278GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 152 150 3358 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5341 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17869 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3497 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2062 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5340 (C2) HDA temperature 120 91 23 (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 200 200 572 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.4% Average	Read 67.6 Write 72.9 Mixed 63.1 51% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.29 89% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 27.5 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 25.6 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 97%

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Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,011 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 40%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	394x
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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	77x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	41x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16