MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	87% 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	64.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '20 at 05:42
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 1.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	55.1% Above average	Memory 80.3 1-Core 61.8 2-Core 108 53% 83.3 Pts	4-Core 166 8-Core 222 25% 194 Pts	64-Core 213 13% 213 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3173) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87% Excellent	Lighting 92.7 Reflection 113 Parallax 146 76% 117 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 127 Splatting 104 109% 138 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 108 114 119 109 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 468 Write 111 Mixed 122 SusWrite 113 44% 203 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 71.3 4K Mixed 19.7 101% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 49.8 78% 154 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 73%
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$85 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 858GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 385 421 420 468 467 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 436 Write 457 Mixed 356 SusWrite 429 95% 420 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 34.8 130% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 274 225% 323 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 121%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 922GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 100 101 102 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 111 Write 100 Mixed 106 SusWrite 101 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 883GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 108 109 110 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 112 Write 108 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 109 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3400 C16 Series 2x8GB 4,679 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 15.6 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 80 50% 80 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 114%

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Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,006 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 40%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	392x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	308x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	103x

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 $109Bench 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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Total price: $520

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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