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

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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	121% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '17 at 01:05
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 281 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 780 81% 649 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 154 Parallax 133 123% 146 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 141 Splatting 110 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 112GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8895894 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 21 21 126907693732093 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 208 (B1) Unknown 0 0 13 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8895894 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8895894 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8895894 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 28778 (EA) Unknown 0 0 48151 (F1) Unknown 0 0 48151 (F2) Unknown 0 0 33551	69.9% Good	Read 505 Write 131 Mixed 187 59% 274 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 16.6 120% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 39.7 62% 119 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 82%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 434 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 9 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 929484474	121% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 505 Mixed 306 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 51.9 186% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 136 141% 231 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 466GB 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 174 171 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 330 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21831 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 330 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 306 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 27 (C2) HDA temperature 110 85 33 (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	103% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 178 Mixed 155 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 2.96 4K Mixed 0.31 141% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 360GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 96203544 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 267 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 26567270 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 267 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 538968096 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 90 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 49461 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 77309411360 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 120297739001684 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12003939505 (F2) Unknown 100 253 37766405372	77.7% Very good	Read 117 Write 154 Mixed 27.2 72% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.24 78% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 114%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 197GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 46244488 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 53 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6966454 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1542 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 126 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 66 60 572588066 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 802 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 90194313250 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -23085449214588 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5258656092 (F2) Unknown 100 253 76386464185	63.3% Good	Read 93.1 Write 126 Mixed 80.6 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 5.37 4K Mixed 0.6 193% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB 1,302 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 31.2 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 42.7 SC Mixed 31.4 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 115%

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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	607x
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