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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	95.7% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 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	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '17 at 06:50
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 155 2-Core 287 100% 180 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 767 79% 639 Pts	64-Core 844 52% 844 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO3 480GB-$155 2,300 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 142GB free Firmware: O1126A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^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 100 100 320 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1264 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 150 (A3) Unknown 100 100 20 (A4) Unknown 100 100 13877 (A5) Unknown 100 100 33 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 10 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 15 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 169 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 21 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 180600 (F2) Unknown 100 100 539407 (F5) Unknown 100 100 111016	82.7% Excellent	Read 492 Write 259 Mixed 273 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 27.9 121% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 46.8 87% 176 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 101%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7806 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3484 (B1) Unknown 95 95 49 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 64 44 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1611 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32017218883	95.7% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 347 Mixed 353 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 26 143% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 81.8 113% 209 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 118%
Adata S510 120GB 690 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 107GB free Firmware: 5.0.7a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4444956 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 26001732019215 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2736 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 106 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 64427655197 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4444956 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4444956 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4444956 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14563 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13479 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13479 (F2) Unknown 0 0 25560	72.5% Very good	Read 502 Write 147 Mixed 221 63% 290 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 13.8 129% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 42 62% 118 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 223623712 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 269 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1990914 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 611 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 267 (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 69 51 588644383 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 418 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 73014444063 (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 -13469017439652 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4111760391 (F2) Unknown 100 253 54422294118	99.6% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 156 Mixed 165 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.17 71% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 114%
HGST Travelstar 7K750 2.5" 750GB-$77 8,773 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 228GB free Firmware: JF4OA200 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 190 190 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2382 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 5727 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2356 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 65536 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 195823 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 236223660064 (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 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	50.3% Above average	Read 90.1 Write 85.3 Mixed 80.3 64% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.2 59% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 28.1 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 31.7 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 105%

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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 $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