MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	54.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151217
Uptime	10.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '17 at 21:29
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	65%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Memory 77.1 1-Core 91.9 2-Core 161 65% 110 Pts	4-Core 297 8-Core 335 41% 316 Pts	64-Core 296 18% 296 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Lighting 68.3 Reflection 67.2 Parallax 62.3 56% 65.9 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 64.2 Splatting 55.3 51% 63.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9418 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1513 (B1) Unknown 94 94 61 (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 65 42 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 98 98 1946 (EB) Unknown 99 99 432 (F1) Unknown 99 99 36684301474	56.8% Above average	Read 482 Write 69.4 Mixed 128 48% 226 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 37.4 4K Mixed 11.1 84% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 33.2 71% 152 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 118%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 61GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11964 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1839 (B1) Unknown 97 97 109 (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 76 48 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 80 (EB) Unknown 99 99 119 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9880326978	72.2% Very good	Read 497 Write 283 Mixed 392 86% 391 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 20 90% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 83.2 DQ Mixed 65.5 78% 141 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 76%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 49GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2131 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 462 (B1) Unknown 99 99 18 (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 72 55 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19529068831	109% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 395 Mixed 407 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 46 168% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 127 138% 234 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 450GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 12 (03) Spinup time 134 130 4266 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1699 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 8 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9444 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1511 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 26991 (C2) HDA temperature 120 94 23 (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	68.5% Good	Read 135 Write 103 Mixed 100 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.17 73% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 85%
Hitachi HDT721064SLA360 640GB-$135 3,861 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 325GB free Firmware: STDOA3AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 119 119 30088692059 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3099 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17714 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2837 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 12260 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 12260 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 244813856796 (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 200 200 7	47.4% Average	Read 88.2 Write 77.2 Mixed 79.4 62% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.12 4K Write 0.43 4K Mixed 0.14 29% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR1 2x8GB 2,335 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.5% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 24.8 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 16.7 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 86.2 46% 86.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 79%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	393x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	308x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	103x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	127x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	87x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	77x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	40x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	44x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	35x

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Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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