MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics107% 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 Drive54.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7984
MotherboardMSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)  (all builds)
Memory13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150731
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 15 '18 at 10:25
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6500-$67
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
82.4% Excellent
Memory 92.4
1-Core 110
2-Core 215
80% 139 Pts
4-Core 423
8-Core 401
56% 412 Pts
64-Core 424
26% 424 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 82.4%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Asus(1043 85E8) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Lighting 140
Reflection 152
Parallax 131
114% 141 fps
MRender 118
Gravity 135
Splatting 110
98% 121 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 107%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Patriot Blaze 120GB-$30
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S9FM02.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 125 125 130 127 135 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
54.7% Above average
Read 393
Write 129
Mixed 131
SusWrite 127
43% 195 MB/s
4K Read 30.8
4K Write 60.7
4K Mixed 14.2
97% 35.2 MB/s
DQ Read 87.2
DQ Write 59.6
DQ Mixed 5.2
22% 50.7 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 54.7%
Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31
211GB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 104 103 104 105 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
59.6% Above average
Read 104
Write 99.8
Mixed 62.3
SusWrite 104
68% 92.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 59.6%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
86.7% Excellent
MC Read 31.1
MC Write 33.3
MC Mixed 28.8
89% 31.1 GB/s
SC Read 17.6
SC Write 32.4
SC Mixed 25.1
72% 25 GB/s
Latency 63.2
63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 86.7%
Great: 91%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,008 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 46%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 40%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $525
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