MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING R6 SIEGE (MS-7A11)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING R6 SIEGE (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '16 at 13:38
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 214 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 420 55% 413 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Lighting 87.1 Reflection 85.7 Parallax 76.8 71% 83.2 fps	MRender 80.7 Gravity 77.1 Splatting 68.3 61% 75.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 9888667 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 22686017270930 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1819 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 394 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9888667 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9888667 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9888667 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9520 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7729 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7729 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7895	63% Good	Read 441 Write 126 Mixed 173 54% 247 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 13.9 108% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 41.5 61% 114 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 82%
Seagate ST2000DL 004 HD204UI 2TB 170 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AQ1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 26 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 67 63 10276 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1758 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13438 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 107 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1822 (B5) Unknown 100 100 332010 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 143 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 43 244813856812 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 343412 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 107 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1992	33.9% Below average	Read 90.4 Write 27.3 Mixed 57 44% 58.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.38 97% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 79%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 613GB free Firmware: 1AA0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 67 67 10700 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3313 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 26314 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3202 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 46 605356068 (C2) HDA temperature 53 43 1027287089199 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 146374 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	46.2% Average	Read 75.9 Write 84.8 Mixed 66.4 57% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.35 95% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 62%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 249GB free Firmware: 1AG0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 92 92 3420 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 3617 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 1 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 27940 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3497 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 81 81 19 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 52 555089953 (C2) HDA temperature 59 50 689307689 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 17364 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2486 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	37.4% Below average	Read 47.2 Write 82.9 Mixed 86.6 55% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.55 114% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 62%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 75GB free Firmware: 1AG0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 91 91 3560 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3189 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 25824 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3125 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 53 571867170 (C2) HDA temperature 58 50 706084906 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 542332 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	48.8% Average	Read 94.3 Write 75.6 Mixed 93.5 66% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.55 115% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 62%
WD WD1500HLFS-01G6U1 150GB 7,915 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 68GB free Firmware: 04.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 181 1900 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3706 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28680 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3585 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 319 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3706 (C2) HDA temperature 99 81 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.1% Above average	Read 85.7 Write 106 Mixed 94.7 72% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.72 4K Mixed 0.6 145% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2133 C15 2x4GB 2,183 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	73.1% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.3 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 20 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 80%

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING R6 SIEGE (MS-7A11)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	54x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	32x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	12x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	10x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	7x
BX200 480GBCrucial $160Bench 78%, 11,290 samples	4x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $480

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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