MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	114% 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	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 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	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180616
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '19 at 19:27
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 91.7 2-Core 222 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 412 56% 416 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% XFX(1682 9385) CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.12.3 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Lighting 49.3 Reflection 50.8 Parallax 59.6 40% 53.2 fps	MRender 51 Gravity 47.9 Splatting 36.7 36% 45.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 285 290 281 268 251 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 462 Mixed 375 SusWrite 296 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 58.6 201% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 322 245% 331 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 90GB free Firmware: 1AC01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 90 90 96 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 104 Write 58.7 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 93.5 59% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 62%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 188 178 169 188 189 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 192 Mixed 92.8 SusWrite 183 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 112%
General UDisk 16GB 4,718 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 13GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 9 11 9 10 11 11 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	5.98% Terrible	Read 13.2 Write 4.7 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 10.1 11% 8.67 MB/s	4K Read 7.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 29% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.98% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAD11 2x4GB 396 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.9% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 12.6 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 12.4 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 68.3 58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 76%

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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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	309x
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 $245Bench 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 $40Bench 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: 70% - Good

Total price: $520

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16