MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	150% 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	77% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180616
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '20 at 00:46
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 602 62% 502 Pts	64-Core 608 38% 608 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	150% Outstanding	Lighting 202 Reflection 214 Parallax 216 164% 211 fps	MRender 257 Gravity 221 Splatting 130 158% 203 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 256GB-$221 10,770 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2201000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 291 305 314 314 307 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	77% Very good	Read 458 Write 274 Mixed 202 SusWrite 299 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 14.5 107% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 83.8 102% 175 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 84%
Toshiba Q Series Pro 128GB-$66 2,808 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 119GB free Firmware: JTPA0102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 394 430 446 448 444 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 405 Mixed 418 SusWrite 414 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 39.3 136% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 339 254% 339 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 139GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2194 808 779 777 780 777 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	288% Outstanding	Read 2,380 Write 2,146 Mixed 1647 SusWrite 1,019 402% 1,798 MB/s	4K Read 54.7 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 72.8 256% 92.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1238 DQ Write 1,074 DQ Mixed 1153 865% 1,155 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 288% Great: 355%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 354GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 107 100 118 106 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 30.8 Write 127 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 108 52% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 120% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 107%
Kingston DataTraveler SE9 USB 2.0 16GB-$5 1,670 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 6GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.3 2.8 2.8 2.2 3.3 3.2 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	4.23% Terrible	Read 18 Write 11 Mixed 13.5 SusWrite 2.9 14% 11.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.23% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M4D3600C18 4x8GB 12,036 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.1% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22.7 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 130%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	393x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16