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

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	153% 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	279% 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-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 16:02
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 129 2-Core 256 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 707 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.7% 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: 431.36 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	153% Outstanding	Lighting 209 Reflection 230 Parallax 244 170% 227 fps	MRender 257 Gravity 212 Splatting 137 158% 202 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 435GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1371 1391 1357 1431 1433 1433 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 2,059 Write 1,421 Mixed 866 SusWrite 1,403 321% 1,437 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 63.7 242% 91.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,280 DQ Write 403 DQ Mixed 441 430% 708 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 283%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 221GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 331 331 332 332 332 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 426 Write 329 Mixed 280 SusWrite 331 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 45 172% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 181 155% 223 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 97%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 397GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 455 451 434 393 398 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 435 Mixed 416 SusWrite 430 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 62.3 207% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 296 241% 342 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 125%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 68 68 69 69 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 146 Write 133 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 68.7 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.6% 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	71% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 20.2 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 22.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71% 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