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

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '20 at 12:47
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	62%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 102 2-Core 184 75% 126 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 553 55% 449 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 141 Parallax 126 113% 135 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 135 Splatting 107 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 54 57 56 55 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 464 Write 63.3 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 55.4 36% 167 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 28 105% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 63.8 DQ Mixed 92.6 81% 125 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 145GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 107 107 106 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 131 Write 106 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 106 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 114%
Toshiba MQ01ACF050 500GB-$150 24,380 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 178GB free Firmware: AV001M SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 111 111 112 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 107 Write 107 Mixed 46.8 SusWrite 111 68% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 69%
Toshiba MK5061GSYN 500GB-$75 5,635 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 459GB free Firmware: MH001M SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 99 99 99 98 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 101 Write 87.5 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 98.2 57% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	66% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 20.3 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 21 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 80%

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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	607x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	496x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	119x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	346x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	154x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	90x
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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	79x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	61x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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