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

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	154% 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	31.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '19 at 16:14
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	68%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 699 68% 556 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 8667) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	154% Outstanding	Lighting 210 Reflection 224 Parallax 236 172% 224 fps	MRender 257 Gravity 206 Splatting 138 157% 201 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 269GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 375 25 0.3 28 42 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	31.4% Below average	Read 204 Write 103 Mixed 85 SusWrite 148 30% 135 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 19.6 4K Mixed 9.4 46% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 14.1 DQ Write 15.4 DQ Mixed 14.4 11% 14.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 102%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 221GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 330 330 330 331 330 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 427 Write 329 Mixed 291 SusWrite 331 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 44.6 170% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 181 154% 221 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 97%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 108GB free Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1444 1177 847 825 769 722 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,031 Write 1,439 Mixed 780 SusWrite 964 290% 1,304 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 62.6 240% 91.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,282 DQ Write 402 DQ Mixed 451 435% 711 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 283%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 69 69 69 70 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 156 Write 137 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 68.9 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.8% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 20.3 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 21.1 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 128%

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Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) Builds (Compare 1,552 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	607x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	496x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	119x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	346x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	154x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	90x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	70x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	44x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	79x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	61x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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