MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING R6 SIEGE (MS-7A11)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive202% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A11
MotherboardMSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING R6 SIEGE (MS-7A11)  (all builds)
Memory12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161221
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 22 '17 at 09:36
Run Duration176 Seconds
Run User ISR-User
Background CPU 22%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
86.5% Excellent
Memory 94
1-Core 115
2-Core 229
83% 146 Pts
4-Core 459
8-Core 446
61% 453 Pts
64-Core 463
29% 463 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 86.5%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
84.5% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 118
Parallax 109
86% 111 fps
MRender 96.7
Gravity 95.2
Splatting 102
80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89
166GB free
Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 49% Great: 88%
Corsair Force LS 240GB-$110
166GB free
Firmware: S8FM07.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 38% Great: 91%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69
66GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
202% Outstanding
Read 1,916
Write 911
Mixed 907
273% 1,245 MB/s
4K Read 33.9
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 41.2
165% 63.5 MB/s
DQ Read 456
DQ Write 417
DQ Mixed 139
186% 337 MB/s
Poor: 83%
This bench: 202%
Great: 185%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
95.1% Outstanding
MC Read 33.4
MC Write 38.2
MC Mixed 30.7
97% 34.1 GB/s
SC Read 18.5
SC Write 38.3
SC Mixed 26.9
80% 27.9 GB/s
Latency 59.9
67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 95.1%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
Gaming 46%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 40%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING R6 SIEGE (MS-7A11)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 61% - Good Total price: $480
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