MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	69.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	35.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180616
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '20 at 21:13
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 301 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 586 8-Core 546 77% 566 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$200 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.9% Good	Lighting 92.8 Reflection 83.2 Parallax 72.9 76% 83 fps	MRender 68.4 Gravity 75.5 Splatting 71.9 59% 71.9 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung MZ7LF120HCHP-000L1 120GB 3,932 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: FXT03L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 478 Write 43.7 Mixed 64 SusWrite 38.6 33% 156 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 2.6 50% 11.4 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 517GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 179 179 179 177 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 134 Mixed 86.8 SusWrite 179 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 23.6 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 25.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 95%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	395x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	311x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	104x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	127x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	88x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	77x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	41x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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: $510

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16