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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	28.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING R6 SIEGE (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '17 at 14:50
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 153 2-Core 307 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 539 8-Core 848 85% 694 Pts	64-Core 850 53% 850 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8554) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Lighting 35.7 Reflection 33.7 Parallax 31 29% 33.5 fps	MRender 36.9 Gravity 32.6 Splatting 32.4 28% 33.9 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1318 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 604 (B1) Unknown 98 98 32 (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 49 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 106 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15356637218
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 190GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 34 (03) Spinup time 175 173 4216 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5697 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19479 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1244 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 265 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 177 177 70048 (C2) HDA temperature 118 99 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	47% Average	Read 96.7 Write 66.8 Mixed 79.2 61% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.23 90% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 86%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 181GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 359 (03) Spinup time 203 164 4816 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12021 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19373 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5158 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1936 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 52481 (C2) HDA temperature 120 90 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 66	47.7% Average	Read 77.9 Write 88.5 Mixed 65.1 58% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.13 43% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 67%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 168GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 4341 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5815 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20625 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1071 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 156 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 175 175 75108 (C2) HDA temperature 117 97 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	51.4% Above average	Read 79.6 Write 99.3 Mixed 68.4 62% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.24 90% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 86%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 83GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 70 8932 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10405 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22077 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4432 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 17 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 50 219044511774 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 87 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 25206	49.9% Average	Read 75.5 Write 98 Mixed 81 64% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.61 4K Mixed 0.47 132% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 26.4 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 36.7 SC Mixed 27.2 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 95%

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Workstation 40%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	54x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	32x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	12x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	10x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	7x
BX200 480GBCrucial $160Bench 78%, 11,290 samples	4x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $480

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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