MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.7% 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	108% 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.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170420
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 15:09
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 285 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 810 82% 667 Pts	64-Core 821 51% 821 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 22FC) CLim: 1540 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 68.8 Reflection 78 Parallax 2.34 56% 49.7 fps	MRender 69.7 Gravity 68.1 Splatting 56.7 52% 64.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5294 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1507 (B1) Unknown 96 96 67 (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 68 51 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 96 96 3503 (EB) Unknown 99 99 248 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28879368863	108% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 416 Mixed 422 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 43.7 180% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 47.3 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 120 106% 150 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 482GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 156334288 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 958 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5836453 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 787 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 614 (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 70 60 504299550 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 969 (C2) HDA temperature 30 13 55834574878 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 156334288 (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 -27406186315119 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3073611713 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2994018438	91.2% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 154 Mixed 146 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.26 88% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 297GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 63 116732360 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 579 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22500726 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2074 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 553 (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 72 57 470679580 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 580 (C2) HDA temperature 28 12 51539607580 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 116732360 (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 -7000796690422 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9447139202 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13688823703	94% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 153 Mixed 153 121% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.29 84% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 30.5 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 32 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 105%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 40%

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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	104x

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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Value: 69% - Good

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