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

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	37.1% 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)
Boot Drive	247% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	21.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '17 at 23:41
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	MNE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 133 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 743 80% 634 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Lighting 48.7 Reflection 46 Parallax 40.6 40% 45.1 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 42.6 Splatting 37.1 32% 39.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team M8FP2 240GB 330 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.0 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 2,166 Write 1,265 Mixed 1,520 365% 1,651 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 55.8 200% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 497 DQ Write 469 DQ Mixed 178 218% 382 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 232%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 728GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 170 2158 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1744 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2870 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 523 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3512 (C2) HDA temperature 117 86 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	101% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 166 Mixed 156 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.32 115% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 3x8GB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	89% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 27.9 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 35.8 SC Mixed 27.2 78% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 101%

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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 $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 $182	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) $30	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