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

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '17 at 11:39
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 127 2-Core 250 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 640 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85A4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2044 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 78.7 Parallax 67.7 64% 74.9 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 70.7 Splatting 72.7 59% 71.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST1000DM003-1SB102 240GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSF031C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 102 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 102 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 353 (AA) Unknown 97 97 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 37 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 325 (BE) vendor-specific 33 46 73017458721 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 134797 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 134797 (F2) Unknown 100 100 111626 (F9) Unknown 100 100 3075 (FC) Unknown 100 100 16	102% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 399 Mixed 459 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 36.7 148% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 81.8 111% 203 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 831GB free Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 159478228 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8119 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 447365633 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14066 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3895 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1761892452 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 91 283472233407 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 61 403898391 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 34359738391 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 24 159478228 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	61.1% Good	Read 99.6 Write 113 Mixed 95.7 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.52 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 74 66 25205177 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 900 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 369055 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1029 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 460 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 66 420610073 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 904 (C2) HDA temperature 25 3 12884901913 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 25205177 (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 33496449942195 (F1) Unknown 100 253 124262946 (F2) Unknown 100 253 145117638	106% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 183 Mixed 166 134% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.3 105% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 4x4GB 1,126 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.7% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.7 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 23.8 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 101%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	607x
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	346x
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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	79x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	61x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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