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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '23 at 19:21
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 247 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 699 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 330C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 112 Parallax 103 84% 106 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 102 Splatting 100 81% 99 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 78 67 77 84 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 97.1 Write 98.8 Mixed 60.6 SusWrite 75.7 61% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3600 C16 Series 4x8GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.7% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 24.2 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 24.9 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 135%

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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%	0	71	59	165	31.5"	1280 720	GSM775C 32GN500

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Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) Builds (Compare 1,571 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	612x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	502x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	349x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	170x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	158x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	92x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	71x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	45x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	103x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	80x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	63x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $596

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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