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

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	71.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '19 at 22:01
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Memory 60.7 1-Core 35.3 2-Core 83.6 38% 59.9 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 190 29% 208 Pts	64-Core 192 12% 192 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.5% Very good	Lighting 92.5 Reflection 103 Parallax 94.4 75% 96.8 fps	MRender 91.4 Gravity 93.3 Splatting 58 64% 80.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 143 143 182 148 147 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 356 Write 143 Mixed 158 SusWrite 151 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 28.9 4K Mixed 19.7 64% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 185 154% 230 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 115%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: P1003B SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 267 335 345 360 358 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 324 Write 282 Mixed 237 SusWrite 318 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 9.3 4K Write 46.3 4K Mixed 14.2 57% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 210 171% 242 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 105%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 215GB 189 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 182GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 239 294 308 320 321 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 347 Write 272 Mixed 188 SusWrite 286 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 8.5 63% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 87.7 107% 183 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 127%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 156 177 182 183 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 80.3 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 172 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 11.3 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 4.7 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 4 17% 6.1 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	607x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $274	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 $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