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

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.9% 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	62.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '18 at 02:20
Run Duration	291 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 89.4 1-Core 141 2-Core 281 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 517 71% 529 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2162 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 120 Parallax 113 97% 117 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 104 Splatting 103 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4140000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9640 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 150 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12983141505 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 36 (A8) Unknown 100 100 16 (A9) Unknown 100 100 502 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 25 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 69 296353857567 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3423094506269 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3363 (EA) Unknown 100 100 11111 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8819 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9041 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	62.6% Good	Read 486 Write 266 Mixed 221 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 36.1 4K Mixed 15.6 75% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27.4 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 36.6 49% 82.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 104%
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 84GB free Firmware: S8FM07.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20000 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 206 (A8) Unknown 100 100 34 (AA) Unknown 100 100 889 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10355046 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6455	78.3% Very good	Read 489 Write 431 Mixed 463 103% 461 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 10.4 86% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 29.5 65% 132 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 99%
Seagate ST1000NM0011 1TB 6,787 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 537GB free Firmware: SN03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 183917018 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7668 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4468176 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9858 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 145 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131074 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 60 554565655 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15816 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 51539607575 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 118 99 183917018 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	71.3% Very good	Read 131 Write 117 Mixed 113 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.43 106% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 84%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 465GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 33.4 Write 35.7 Mixed 32.4 44% 33.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 0.17 4K Mixed 0.09 11% 0.28 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x16GB 5,345 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.3% Average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 13 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 13.9 36% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 49%

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Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) Builds (Compare 1,550 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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