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

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.91% 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	99.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '16 at 20:01
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 135 2-Core 256 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 537 72% 537 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Device(0000 0000) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5354 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	8.91% Terrible	Lighting 10.3 Reflection 9.38 Parallax 11.4 8% 10.4 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 9.37 Splatting 13.1 10% 12.1 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.91% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingdian S280-240GB 240GB 2,188 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0414B 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 128 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2041 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11126 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13348 (F5) Unknown 100 100 8164	99.6% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 372 Mixed 420 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 38.8 163% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 32.5 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 26 58% 111 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 100%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 481GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 131 4116 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2626 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1454 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 400 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 50190 (C2) HDA temperature 116 98 27 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	83.9% Excellent	Read 146 Write 146 Mixed 131 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.2 95% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 85%
Mass Storage Device 4GB 239 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID 125d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 20.8 Write 7.04 Mixed 10.5 14% 12.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.76 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 1.24 110% 2.79 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB 16,624 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2904 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 32.3 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 41 SC Mixed 30.6 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 89%

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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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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