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

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.4% 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	229% 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	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160112
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '20 at 16:36
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 78.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 85% 156 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 500 66% 493 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 107 Parallax 101 83% 103 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 96.5 Splatting 96.6 78% 95.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 572 236 236 236 235 232 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 2,365 Write 1,455 Mixed 1,202 SusWrite 291 293% 1,328 MB/s	4K Read 59.1 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 79.8 273% 97.2 MB/s	DQ Read 890 DQ Write 532 DQ Mixed 686 518% 703 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 280%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 22GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 488 Write 391 Mixed 301 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 47.2 170% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 169 172% 281 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 466GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 122 125 124 123 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 140 Write 116 Mixed 72 SusWrite 120 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 202GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 49 49 50 49 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 144 Write 91.2 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 48.5 65% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 100GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 155 156 156 153 153 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 143 Write 146 Mixed 95.8 SusWrite 154 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.7 180% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB-$210 3,970 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.7% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 26.1 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 24.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 83.9 48% 83.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 110%

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Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) Builds (Compare 1,554 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	608x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	497x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	119x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	347x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	154x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	91x
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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	79x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	61x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $449

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16