MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	72.7% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '17 at 21:10
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$51 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 219 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 330 44% 329 Pts	64-Core 328 20% 328 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% XFX(1682 9395) ≥ 4GB Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	14.2% Very poor	Lighting 16.9 Reflection 15.2 Parallax 26 14% 19.4 fps	MRender 12.2 Gravity 17.6 Splatting 22.9 15% 17.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD2S240SF1200SA2 240GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 604ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 43883561 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -118403658413850 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1974 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 762 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 30 52 47248048158 (C2) HDA temperature 30 52 47248048158 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 43883561 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 43883561 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 43883561 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 64424509441 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9092 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4127 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4127 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6379	72.7% Very good	Read 508 Write 234 Mixed 251 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 12.7 122% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 30.3 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 11.3 29% 57.9 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 78%
WD WD3200AVVS-63L2B0 320GB 8,287 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 277GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 150 3333 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5642 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18093 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3657 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2128 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5641 (C2) HDA temperature 117 91 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 575 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.9% Below average	Read 65 Write 73.6 Mixed 69.1 52% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.39 99% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 27.8 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 26.5 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 97%

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Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,013 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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	395x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	310x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	104x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	127x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	87x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	77x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 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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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $559

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16