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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.3% 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.

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	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	9.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '20 at 09:46
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$81 342,244 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 (89^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 242 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 411 57% 423 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.5% 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: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 111 Parallax 105 88% 108 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 101 Splatting 105 84% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.3% 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% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,476 Write 2,298 Mixed 1,642 476% 2,138 MB/s	4K Read 60.9 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 83 276% 96.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,308 DQ Write 1131 DQ Mixed 1,197 903% 1212 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 118GB free Firmware: 1B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,932 Write 6543 Mixed 6,058 1,453% 6,511 MB/s	4K Read 515 4K Write 272 4K Mixed 353 1,377% 380 MB/s	DQ Read 1,615 DQ Write 1,405 DQ Mixed 1,466 1,111% 1,495 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 379GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 177 179 176 176 176 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 160 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 174 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 112%
Hitachi HCS5C1010CLA382 1TB 2,229 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 723GB free Firmware: A3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 99 100 100 100 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 98.7 Mixed 45.2 SusWrite 97.6 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56% 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 @ 2533 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	77.3% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 24.6 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 18.6 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 93%

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

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Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) Builds (Compare 1,550 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	606x
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	345x
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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	79x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	61x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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