MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161222
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '19 at 21:34
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 268 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 776 77% 630 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2802 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 204 Parallax 184 154% 192 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 188 Splatting 131 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 446 Write 267 Mixed 305 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 38.7 148% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 91.6 120% 218 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 91%
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 71GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 434 430 440 440 439 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 442 Mixed 345 SusWrite 429 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 46.3 165% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 209 178% 258 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 108%
Crucial_CT240M500SSD1 6TB 650GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 80 81 83 82 83 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 94.4 Write 51.4 Mixed 45.9 SusWrite 79.5 15% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 3% 0.83 MB/s

WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 80 80 81 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 88.9 Write 68.3 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 79.9 56% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 28.3 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 28.7 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 97%

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 40%

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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 $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