MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	72.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	145% 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 (15%). 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '17 at 00:50
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 241 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 687 68% 555 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.6% 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: 388.31 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.3% Very good	Lighting 85 Reflection 98 Parallax 79.7 69% 87.6 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 85 Splatting 102 78% 94.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MO0100EBTJT 100GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 125GB 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 52 52 20939 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 972 (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 66 60 571670562 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 91 91 388416321 (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	61.1% Good	Read 506 Write 217 Mixed 320 76% 348 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 46.9 4K Mixed 13.9 65% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 93.7 DQ Mixed 54.2 74% 139 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 62%
MO0100EBTJT 100GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 125GB 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 56 56 19201 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 803 (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 63 61 622002213 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 96 96 172548594 (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	60.2% Good	Read 510 Write 204 Mixed 290 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 45 4K Mixed 12.8 63% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 86.7 DQ Mixed 53.5 76% 147 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 62%
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$110 2,806 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.02 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 1,495 Write 491 Mixed 597 187% 861 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 32.4 140% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 113 133% 235 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 145% 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 (97^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 22.7 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 25.5 72% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 80%

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	394x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	309x
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 $39Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	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