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

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.5% 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	97.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '18 at 03:06
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (97^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-$130 342,244 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 (100^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 577 77% 574 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2177 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 125 Parallax 109 95% 117 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 111 Splatting 113 91% 110 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1230C SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 77 79 79 79 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 454 Mixed 397 SusWrite 115 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 50.3 181% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 220 191% 282 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 92%
Micron_M600_MTFDDAY256MBF 256GB 563 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 86GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 410 470 431 302 302 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 431 Mixed 375 SusWrite 391 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 51.1 190% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 257 221% 326 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 184 188 188 187 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 183 Mixed 71.7 SusWrite 187 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$37 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 33.3 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 41.3 SC Mixed 30.8 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

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Desktop 87%

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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	609x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	497x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	119x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	347x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	155x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	91x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	70x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	45x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	103x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	79x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	61x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $449

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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16