MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	297% 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	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.

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Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '20 at 22:40
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	23%

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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 i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 224 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 633 66% 527 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gainward(10B0 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 151 Parallax 141 117% 145 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 143 Splatting 113 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1407 1200 831 832 837 838 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	297% Outstanding	Read 2,404 Write 1,807 Mixed 1,475 SusWrite 991 372% 1,669 MB/s	4K Read 69 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 94.4 308% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,355 DQ Write 640 DQ Mixed 866 678% 954 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 297% Great: 355%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 108GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 326 309 305 307 308 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 435 Mixed 426 SusWrite 316 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 50.3 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 66.6 226% 79.5 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 332 249% 333 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 128%
Samsung PM810 FDE 2.5" 256GB 516 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 129GB free Firmware: AXM77D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 218 230 226 234 234 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 231 Write 224 Mixed 187 SusWrite 226 49% 217 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 65.1 4K Mixed 19.6 85% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 76.8 DQ Mixed 26.7 38% 72.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 52%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 321GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 72 72 71 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 73.8 Write 68.5 Mixed 55.4 SusWrite 71.1 50% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2800 C14 2x8GB 2,071 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.9% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 15.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 19.6 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 99%

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Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,006 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 46%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 40%

Jet ski

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 $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) $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