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

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.5% 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 (15%). 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	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '18 at 11:45
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	15%

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 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 (99^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 808 80% 656 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374E) ≥ 4GB; AORUS 1080 Ti Xtreme Edition CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 204 Parallax 201 149% 196 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 179 Splatting 130 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate 600 120GB-$106 655 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: C675 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5745 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2389 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 0 51543343137 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 92 92 9 (EA) Unknown 100 100 63713 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9033 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14532 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 498545	77.5% Very good	Read 508 Write 244 Mixed 365 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 26.3 127% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 29.3 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 17.4 36% 69.4 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 3TB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 76977032 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 556 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17196980 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1572 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 443 (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 66 505020446 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7589 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 60129542174 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 114 100 76977032 (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 -76124000353278 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4422617148 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4482082999	55.8% Above average	Read 108 Write 84.4 Mixed 54.9 61% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 7.99 4K Mixed 0.45 232% 3.09 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 503GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 74958112 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3006 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 8600855670 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4102 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1467 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 458787 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 73 44 9111666715 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 255 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17231 (C2) HDA temperature 27 56 51539607579 (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 -44014824847812 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10235142255 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14155276114	57.1% Above average	Read 71.1 Write 126 Mixed 64.4 65% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 7.84 4K Mixed 0.61 242% 3.04 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 388GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 77403544 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2764 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 59 197649758662 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6322 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2336 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131077 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 55 4816699422 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 551 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 64506 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 -140737488355298 (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 -139444703195077 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26982245917 (F2) Unknown 100 253 54720628379	83.7% Excellent	Read 152 Write 140 Mixed 129 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.24 69% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 20.5 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 21.1 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 80%

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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 $94Bench 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 $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