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

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Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 36.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	83.9% 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	53.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '23 at 03:57
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$93 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	36.6% Below average	Memory 47.2 1-Core 50.4 2-Core 118 41% 71.9 Pts	4-Core 145 8-Core 182 21% 164 Pts	64-Core 116 7% 116 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.17 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 108 Parallax 99.5 87% 105 fps	MRender 92.2 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 96.8 78% 95.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 147 141 135 127 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 325 Write 241 Mixed 196 SusWrite 145 51% 227 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 42.3 4K Mixed 15.7 67% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 222 175% 245 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$42 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile)	25.4% Poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 8.5 26% 8.93 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 6.9 19% 6.77 GB/s	Latency 144 28% 144 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 104%

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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	46	28	60	31.5"	1280 720	SAM0D34 C32F391

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Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) Builds (Compare 1,624 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $85Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	636x
Core i5-6600KIntel $93Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	516x
Core i7-6700Intel $165Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	128x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	364x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	175x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	166x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	94x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	72x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	107x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	82x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	67x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $505

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