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

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% 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	89.4% 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 (81%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '17 at 05:36
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	81%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 139 2-Core 259 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 606 67% 529 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374E) ≥ 4GB; Gigabyte Aorus Xtreme Edition CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2862 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 217 Parallax 210 148% 203 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 192 Splatting 136 125% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate 600 120GB-$105 655 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: C675 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 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4756 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2129 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 0 51543343127 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 93 93 8 (EA) Unknown 100 100 52488 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7588 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11649 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 494104	89.4% Excellent	Read 500 Write 265 Mixed 290 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 28.8 134% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 82.6 120% 226 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4TB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 141574080 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 183 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4576298 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 538 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 183 (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 80 66 336461844 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2525 (C2) HDA temperature 20 40 60129542164 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 100 141574080 (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 -80148384710287 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1044510152 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1992642824
Poor: 34% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 731GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 146637272 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2524 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 4301493921 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3070 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1207 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 458787 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 79 44 8943173653 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 240 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12218 (C2) HDA temperature 21 56 51539607573 (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 -136339441843235 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8306888815 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8293372192	53.6% Above average	Read 75.6 Write 109 Mixed 67.2 63% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 7.72 4K Mixed 0.33 197% 2.82 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 565GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 92267768 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2464 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 59 163277358945 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5293 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2076 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131077 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 78 55 4664983574 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 536 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 55183 (C2) HDA temperature 22 45 -140737488355306 (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 71137543327155 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21563058702 (F2) Unknown 100 253 45046618150	95.8% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 165 Mixed 107 109% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.32 94% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 20.8 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 22.6 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 80%

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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 $129Bench 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