MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.5% 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.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '20 at 23:44
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 118 2-Core 238 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 457 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66% Good	Lighting 94 Reflection 111 Parallax 92.5 77% 99.1 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 93.4 Splatting 0.04 45% 63.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 256GB-$29 2,279 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 165 120 112 172 73 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 427 Write 423 Mixed 235 SusWrite 136 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 33.2 114% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 220 182% 264 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 99%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free Firmware: 0710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 125 128 128 128 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 94.8 Write 126 Mixed 91.1 SusWrite 127 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.9 139% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 853GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 174 177 178 176 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 154 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 176 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 14GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	6.26% Terrible	Read 26.1 Write 5.3 Mixed 6 SusWrite 4.4 11% 10.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.4 34% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.26% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 4x4GB 702 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	77.1% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 25.2 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 24 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 101%

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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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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $520

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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