MSI Z370 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	135% 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	266% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180308
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 15 '21 at 03:05
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 241 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 673 70% 560 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6800-$759 18,552 User benchmarks, average bench 143% MSI(1462 3961) ≥ 4GB Ram: 16GB, Driver: 21.5.1 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	135% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 166 Parallax 384 140% 241 fps	MRender 274 Gravity 120 Splatting 170 151% 188 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 153%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 722 387 381 373 367 362 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 2,475 Write 1,801 Mixed 1,574 SusWrite 432 349% 1,570 MB/s	4K Read 60.1 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 83.1 272% 94.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,375 DQ Write 1,130 DQ Mixed 1,251 937% 1,252 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 24GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 494 Write 463 Mixed 389 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 63.1 215% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 577GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 89 89 90 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 104 Write 73.3 Mixed 68.4 SusWrite 91 62% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 113%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB-$63 6,344 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 797GB free Firmware: MKAOA3B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 130 130 127 131 131 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 127 Write 122 Mixed 74.1 SusWrite 130 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 28.2 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 26 77% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 103%

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Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

Motherboard: MSI Z370 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7B46) - $190

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	447x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	196x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	99x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	97x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	83x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	41x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	31x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	47x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	28x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	28x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $999

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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