MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING R6 SIEGE (MS-7A11)

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	143% 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	247% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING R6 SIEGE (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '18 at 17:08
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 242 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 702 67% 554 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Lighting 204 Reflection 213 Parallax 197 166% 205 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 199 Splatting 137 127% 157 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 307GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 849 604 601 602 600 595 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 1,923 Write 1,503 Mixed 606 SusWrite 642 259% 1,169 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 193 4K Mixed 64.9 256% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,124 DQ Write 1,261 DQ Mixed 833 727% 1,073 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 211GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 272 273 273 273 315 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 278 Mixed 312 SusWrite 296 77% 347 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 56.8 205% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 231 208% 316 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3466C16 4x8GB 733 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.5% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.7 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 24.5 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 142%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING R6 SIEGE (MS-7A11)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	54x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	34x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	12x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	10x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	7x
BX200 480GBCrucial $160Bench 78%, 11,290 samples	4x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $480

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16