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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '20 at 07:38
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	60%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 479 57% 439 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.6% 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: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2104 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 124 Parallax 105 96% 116 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 110 Splatting 111 90% 109 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,415 Write 2,071 Mixed 1,572 448% 2,019 MB/s	4K Read 62.6 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 84.1 284% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,308 DQ Write 1,082 DQ Mixed 1,252 922% 1,214 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 92GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,180 Write 7,052 Mixed 7,744 1,709% 7,659 MB/s	4K Read 580 4K Write 263 4K Mixed 304 1,408% 382 MB/s	DQ Read 1,576 DQ Write 1,537 DQ Mixed 1,612 1,195% 1575 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 561GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 187 181 182 179 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 77 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 180 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%
Hitachi HCS5C1010CLA382 1TB 2,229 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 899GB free Firmware: JC4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 102 103 107 104 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 97.7 Write 100 Mixed 48.5 SusWrite 104 64% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB 3,999 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 29 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 26.4 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 93%

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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	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16