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

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	73.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '17 at 16:27
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 245 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 695 70% 566 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86% 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 3360) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 150 Parallax 130 113% 139 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 131 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 260GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 165 Write 167 Mixed 820 88% 384 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 26.6 158% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 34.5 DQ Write 450 DQ Mixed 26.1 84% 170 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 144%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 52260072 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 252 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 280542 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 656 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 145 (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 64 61 622133284 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 448 (C2) HDA temperature 36 40 68719476772 (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 -124678605635070 (F1) Unknown 100 253 315044725 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8726120263	112% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 187 Mixed 177 142% 189 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.22 86% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GB 4,019 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.5% Very good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 113%

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Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) Builds (Compare 1,550 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $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