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

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	30.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '17 at 17:18
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 213 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 428 50% 387 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 116 Parallax 109 91% 112 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 98.8 Splatting 100 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1991 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 648 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7864211212150 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 30 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 31 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 52 206158430250 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2731607786108 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1101 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8949 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6988 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1418 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	62.4% Good	Read 506 Write 319 Mixed 175 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 0.04 76% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 24.2 DQ Write 89.4 DQ Mixed 3.79 18% 39.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 78%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 277GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 172 1883 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1002 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1643 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 303 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1966 (C2) HDA temperature 114 111 29 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	80.5% Excellent	Read 152 Write 129 Mixed 122 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.31 106% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 90GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 167075795 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 12191 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 128761419 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13538 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 37 5849 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 4295033298 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 60 437911578 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 47244640282 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 25 167075795 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 116930484662751 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1034735439 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2669669332	58.9% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 112 Mixed 99.2 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.47 98% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 2,357 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 43.6 MC Mixed 36.6 114% 39.7 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 30.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%

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Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) Builds (Compare 1,559 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	611x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	498x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	119x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	348x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	156x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	91x
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	79x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	61x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $460

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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