MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics102% 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 Drive62.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7984
MotherboardMSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)  (all builds)
Memory11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160724
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 15 '22 at 15:13
Run Duration237 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 33%
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 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
81.1% Excellent
Memory 77.8
1-Core 124
2-Core 249
82% 150 Pts
4-Core 487
8-Core 485
65% 486 Pts
64-Core 461
28% 461 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 81.1%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11
Performing below potential (51st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 140
Parallax 144
103% 137 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 136
Splatting 120
101% 124 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 102%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42
92GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MAT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 62 64 63 59 60 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
62.3% Good
Read 288
Write 66
Mixed 111
SusWrite 61.9
29% 132 MB/s
4K Read 33.4
4K Write 72.4
4K Mixed 27.8
124% 44.5 MB/s
DQ Read 352
DQ Write 81.7
DQ Mixed 101
104% 178 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 62.3%
Great: 114%
Toshiba MK5059GSXP 500GB-$50
266GB free
Firmware: GT001H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 75 75 75 75 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
42% Average
Read 71.7
Write 55.1
Mixed 18.4
SusWrite 74.4
40% 54.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
100% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 42%
Great: 44%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
74.6% Very good
MC Read 27.3
MC Write 29.2
MC Mixed 24.5
77% 27 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 26.5
SC Mixed 21.1
62% 21.6 GB/s
Latency 84.7
47% 84.7 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 74.6%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,006 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 46%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 40%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Good Total price: $520
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