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

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 99.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	214% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 08:16
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 152 2-Core 303 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 590 8-Core 591 79% 591 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 147 Parallax 126 117% 139 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 135 Splatting 106 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 394GB free Firmware: O0803B5a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 11 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1119 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 846 (A0) Unknown 100 100 11 (A1) Unknown 100 100 205 (A3) Unknown 100 100 15 (A4) Unknown 100 100 59965 (A5) Unknown 100 100 86 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 19 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 42 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 42 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 317732 (F2) Unknown 100 100 458237 (F5) Unknown 100 100 479720	77.1% Very good	Read 491 Write 256 Mixed 271 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 22.2 107% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 46.8 83% 167 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 95%
Adata XPG SX8000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$100 2,434 User benchmarks, average bench 143% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: C2.1.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1,636 Write 1,118 Mixed 1,328 302% 1,361 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 50.9 205% 81.6 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 458 DQ Mixed 67.6 142% 286 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 181%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 821GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 176 4050 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3318 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13003 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1972 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 168 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3149 (C2) HDA temperature 114 103 33 (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	80% Very good	Read 157 Write 121 Mixed 121 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.29 102% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 32.7 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 29.9 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 105%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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