MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	19.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '19 at 16:28
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 below expectations (34^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 210 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 593 59% 481 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3176) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Lighting 81.2 Reflection 79.5 Parallax 72.8 66% 77.8 fps	MRender 76.8 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 64.3 58% 71.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron XT 240GB-$170 1,466 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC01.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 73 49 72 73 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 366 Write 173 Mixed 322 SusWrite 71.4 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 43.7 163% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 50.8 DQ Mixed 44.6 75% 155 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 115%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 153GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 142 136 123 120 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 136 Write 114 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 135 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMD16GX4M2B3000C15 0215 CMV8GX4M1A2133C15 0215 CMD16GX4M2B3000C15 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	72.9% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 23 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 23.8 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 74%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,011 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 40%

Jet ski

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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $519

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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