MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180616
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '18 at 20:21
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 272 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 769 78% 634 Pts	64-Core 765 47% 765 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 113 Parallax 106 89% 109 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 98.3 Splatting 96.5 79% 96.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,150 Write 1,340 Mixed 509 291% 1,333 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 52.9 226% 89.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1056 DQ Write 1,088 DQ Mixed 816 684% 987 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 129GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 339 355 364 364 364 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 363 Mixed 336 SusWrite 356 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 44 158% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 196 176% 265 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 103%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 246GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 117 117 117 117 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 134 Write 134 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 117 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 0GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 46.7 Write 46.7 Mixed 30.2 31% 41.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 20.7 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 23.7 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 81%

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Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,009 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 46%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 40%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	393x
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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	77x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	40x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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