MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150715
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '19 at 17:46
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 as expected (49^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 225 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 661 64% 526 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 115 Parallax 104 91% 110 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 101 Splatting 91.3 78% 95.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 261 284 287 255 244 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 445 Mixed 359 SusWrite 276 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 59.1 198% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 43GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 136 130 134 138 108 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 150 Write 148 Mixed 102 SusWrite 130 98% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 109%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 748GB 450 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 682GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 97 98 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 97.7 Write 14.7 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 97.6 47% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 115% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 72%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 439GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 167 171 172 175 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 145 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 171 94% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 127% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.9 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 22.6 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 88%

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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 $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	308x
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 $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