MSI Z370 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	22 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180706
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '18 at 09:22
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$198 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 103 2-Core 201 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 774 69% 585 Pts	64-Core 1,088 67% 1,088 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1778 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 116 Parallax 91.3 89% 106 fps	MRender 89.2 Gravity 121 Splatting 103 86% 105 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel MEMPEK1W032GA 29GB 1,656 User benchmarks, average bench 263% 27GB free Firmware: K3110310 SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 246 243 246 247 241 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1,184 Write 265 Mixed 446 SusWrite 247 117% 536 MB/s	4K Read 152 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 114 425% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 435 254% 262 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 328%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$48 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 243GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 59 58 59 67 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 78% Great: 125%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 158 159 159 159 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 206 Mixed 103 SusWrite 159 122% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 225% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	69.4% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 21.8 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 20.7 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 106%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 111%

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Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7B46) - $190

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $198Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	447x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	196x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	99x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	97x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	83x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	41x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	31x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	47x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	28x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	28x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,006

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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