MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics90.2% 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 Drive129% 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.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7984
MotherboardMSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170420
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateNov 20 '17 at 00:16
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User LVA-User
Background CPU 15%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
83.7% Excellent
Memory 88.4
1-Core 123
2-Core 240
85% 151 Pts
4-Core 425
8-Core 680
68% 553 Pts
64-Core 689
43% 689 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 83.7%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
90.2% Outstanding
Lighting 114
Reflection 119
Parallax 101
93% 111 fps
MRender 100
Gravity 102
Splatting 105
84% 102 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 90.2%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
MO0100EBTJT 100GB
125GB free
Firmware: HPG2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
60.9% Good
Read 511
Write 215
Mixed 311
76% 346 MB/s
4K Read 15
4K Write 43.2
4K Mixed 13.7
63% 24 MB/s
DQ Read 285
DQ Write 93.1
DQ Mixed 56.4
76% 145 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 60.9%
Great: 62%
MO0100EBTJT 100GB
125GB free
Firmware: HPG2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
59.3% Above average
Read 493
Write 217
Mixed 309
75% 340 MB/s
4K Read 14.3
4K Write 45.3
4K Mixed 12.1
61% 23.9 MB/s
DQ Read 282
DQ Write 88.3
DQ Mixed 52.9
74% 141 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 59.3%
Great: 62%
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$110
102GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.02 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
129% Outstanding
Read 1,482
Write 488
Mixed 604
187% 858 MB/s
4K Read 38.7
4K Write 70.6
4K Mixed 19.1
120% 42.8 MB/s
DQ Read 41.2
DQ Write 195
DQ Mixed 79.8
72% 105 MB/s
Poor: 125%
This bench: 129%
Great: 215%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
79.7% Very good
MC Read 30.9
MC Write 31.2
MC Mixed 22.6
81% 28.2 GB/s
SC Read 18.1
SC Write 30.4
SC Mixed 25.6
71% 24.7 GB/s
Latency 69.1
58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 79.7%
Great: 80%

 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 1,013 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 46%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 40%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

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