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

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.6% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '17 at 11:30
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 262 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 701 72% 578 Pts	64-Core 749 46% 749 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.3 82% 103 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 93.4 Splatting 101 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 52GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q 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 96 96 18521 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 255 (B1) Unknown 98 98 37 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 51 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 58 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14651896446	119% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 418 Mixed 424 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 46.4 192% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 28.8 102% 226 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 128GB 2,624 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: HTRAN101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 26070 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1895 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 32 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 170 170 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 623 (C2) HDA temperature 70 55 193274380318 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	99.6% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 413 Mixed 494 105% 469 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 38.1 129% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 202 184% 281 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 102%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 24GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 174 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 946 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6640 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 196 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3983 (C2) HDA temperature 109 92 34 (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	79.4% Very good	Read 150 Write 126 Mixed 107 95% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.34 140% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 27,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 28 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 38.7 SC Mixed 31 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 47.4 84% 47.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 101% 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	346x
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 $45Bench 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 $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