MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.3% 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	95.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '18 at 21:59
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 (79^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 131 2-Core 238 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 699 67% 555 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 118 Parallax 106 89% 111 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 102 Splatting 95.7 80% 98.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 393GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 143 74 75 75 73 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 412 Mixed 364 SusWrite 133 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 50.1 176% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 238 198% 284 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 505GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 146 141 145 147 144 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 153 Write 124 Mixed 84.1 SusWrite 142 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 114%
SHARKOON SPRINT 32GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 25GB free, PID 5000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 26 26 26 26 25 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 75.7 Write 25.7 Mixed 16.3 SusWrite 24.6 39% 35.6 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 51% 4.57 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 22.7 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 24 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 90%

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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 (MS-7984)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	394x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	309x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	104x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	127x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	87x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	77x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	41x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16