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

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 95.5%, 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	234% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '17 at 06:26
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 276 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 757 79% 633 Pts	64-Core 765 47% 765 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.5% 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 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 152 Parallax 131 122% 145 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 141 Splatting 111 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 258GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9841 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (A5) Unknown 100 100 10944643 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 45 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1451 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 63 270583922717 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 158915624997 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2034 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2705 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2552 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2144 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	72.8% Very good	Read 472 Write 247 Mixed 233 70% 318 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 15.5 118% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 40.2 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 29.9 48% 87.1 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 107%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 2,077 Write 1,182 Mixed 1,175 326% 1,478 MB/s	4K Read 57.5 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 27.6 199% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 566 DQ Write 421 DQ Mixed 26.4 146% 338 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 236%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 163GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22238 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 121 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 37 (AE) Unknown 100 100 82 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 45 236224249896 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 15064541037 (F7) Unknown 100 100 43522651 (F8) Unknown 100 100 588442543	108% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 482 Mixed 471 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 32.4 157% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 33.6 84% 168 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW-SD/MS 32GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 30GB free, PID 0301 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	6.45% Terrible	Read 22.2 Write 10.4 Mixed 12.5 17% 15 MB/s	4K Read 4.01 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.01 16% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.45% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$57 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 42.2 MC Mixed 31.8 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 31.8 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%

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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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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