MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	65.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '18 at 04:43
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 135 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 532 71% 532 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 80.1 Reflection 78.7 Parallax 68.5 65% 75.8 fps	Splatting 74.3 76% 74.3 fps
Poor: 51% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 94GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 87 87 90198015167 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 -80204219271357 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1250 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 158 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 10033 (BD) vendor-specific 29 41 98786934813 (C2) HDA temperature 29 41 98786934813 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 98 98 8593636543 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 98 98 8593636543 (CC) Soft ECC correction 98 98 8593636543 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 1 1 1361504632833 (E9) Unknown 0 0 213817 (EA) Unknown 0 0 0 (F1) Unknown 0 0 0 (F2) Unknown 0 0 0	47.9% Average	Read 437 Write 19.6 Mixed 37.1 34% 164 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 19.5 4K Mixed 22.8 80% 23 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 19.5 DQ Mixed 45.7 47% 82.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 87%
Transcend TS120GSSD220S 120GB 8,401 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1025F3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^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 100 100 351 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 597 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 57 (A3) Unknown 100 100 15 (A4) Unknown 100 100 34053 (A5) Unknown 100 100 111 (A6) Unknown 100 100 10 (A7) Unknown 100 100 69 (94) Unknown 100 100 57507 (95) Unknown 100 100 1713 (96) Unknown 100 100 1537 (97) Unknown 100 100 1691 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 29 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 55 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 96 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 132435 (F2) Unknown 100 100 106991 (F5) Unknown 100 100 272424	65.8% Good	Read 491 Write 168 Mixed 214 63% 291 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 20.7 98% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 29.2 55% 109 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 561GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 175 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2181 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3499 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1065 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2169 (C2) HDA temperature 111 92 32 (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	96% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 161 Mixed 151 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.34 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.28 134% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 21,822 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 26.6 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 32.9 SC Mixed 25.1 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 83%

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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	103x

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 $109Bench 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 $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