MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.5% 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	128% 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 (12%). 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170420
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '17 at 17:21
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 as expected (57^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 686 67% 550 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 117 Parallax 104 92% 111 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MO0100EBTJT 100GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 174GB free Firmware: HPG2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 80 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 20746 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 951 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 406 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 60 521207839 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 91 91 388376850 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 98 0	59.1% Above average	Read 510 Write 205 Mixed 316 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 12.1 60% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 84.8 DQ Mixed 51.9 74% 143 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 62%
MO0100EBTJT 100GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 174GB free Firmware: HPG2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 84 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 19008 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 782 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 395 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 61 571605026 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 96 96 172526749 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 98 0	58.2% Above average	Read 506 Write 202 Mixed 343 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 41.8 4K Mixed 12.1 58% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 89.5 DQ Mixed 54 74% 141 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 62%
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$110 2,806 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.02 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 1,385 Write 497 Mixed 671 186% 851 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 20.7 127% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 40.5 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 18.9 43% 84.3 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 215%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 22.7 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.4 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 80%

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Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,013 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 40%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	395x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	310x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	104x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	127x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	87x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	77x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	41x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	44x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	35x

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Total price: $520

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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