MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	119% 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 Drive	62.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151022
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '23 at 00:13
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 98.9 2-Core 186 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 484 52% 415 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% Gigabyte(1458 2400) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 23.5.2 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 136 Parallax 299 104% 187 fps	MRender 240 Gravity 147 Splatting 207 162% 198 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 177 135 145 102 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 375 Write 329 Mixed 235 SusWrite 154 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 24.6 88% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 185 156% 227 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 108GB free Firmware: HP13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 145 151 173 158 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 118 Write 89.5 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 155 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion Desk 10TB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 3.5TB free, PID 331a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 180 179 179 185 185 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 171 Write 174 Mixed 109 SusWrite 182 215% 159 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 1.2 246% 6.57 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 24.8 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 23.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 89%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	20	202	30	60	24"	2560 1440	BNQ7F3E BenQ XL2430T

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Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,011 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	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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	41x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16