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

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	110% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 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	Nov 27 '20 at 16:04
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th 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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 233 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 658 65% 533 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1426) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 215 Parallax 144 110% 165 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 139 Splatting 119 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$65 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 454 461 472 460 425 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 462 Mixed 351 SusWrite 450 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 42.1 155% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 328 254% 347 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 119%
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 256GB 11,716 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 233GB free Firmware: X4152012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 186 184 181 179 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 434 Write 296 Mixed 197 SusWrite 188 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 22.8 119% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 226 189% 277 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 90%
Toshiba MQ01ACF050 500GB-$150 24,380 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 286GB free Firmware: AV003D SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 109 106 96 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 115 Write 106 Mixed 48.9 SusWrite 106 68% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 2x8GB 17,908 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.4% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 11.7 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 14.3 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 95%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	612x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	502x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	120x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	349x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	170x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	158x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	92x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	71x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	45x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	103x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	80x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	63x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $596

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16