MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170420
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '18 at 11:39
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 241 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 454 61% 458 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2137 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Lighting 82.1 Reflection 81.7 Parallax 70.1 67% 78 fps	MRender 74.6 Gravity 72.9 Splatting 74.5 61% 74 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Biostar G300-240GB 240GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1167 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 731 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 96 (A3) Unknown 100 100 56 (A4) Unknown 100 100 40342 (A5) Unknown 100 100 81 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 8 (B1) Unknown 100 100 9 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 8 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 4 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 242997 (F2) Unknown 100 100 265407 (F5) Unknown 100 100 161368	105% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 456 Mixed 477 107% 481 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 40.2 140% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 83.3 123% 230 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 773GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 127 127 25789399339 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1583 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3638 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 422 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1584 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1584 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 180389871643 (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 200 200 0	89.5% Excellent	Read 146 Write 166 Mixed 153 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.24 83% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 108%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 350GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 98 1 (03) Spinup time 86 86 5210 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9262 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13443 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4103 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 1 (B7) Unknown 100 100 332 (B8) Unknown 98 98 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 65 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 56 353239061 (C2) HDA temperature 79 53 420347925 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 128142 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	49.1% Average	Read 94.2 Write 76.5 Mixed 88.9 65% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.36 98% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 59%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 256GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2236 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5755 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 868 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 126 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13770 (C2) HDA temperature 115 98 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	76.4% Very good	Read 133 Write 133 Mixed 130 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.34 133% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 109%
Seagate ST9250315AS 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 208GB free Firmware: KC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 40 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6795 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 43283806981 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10464 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2966 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 8590142609 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 74 54 454230042 (C2) HDA temperature 26 46 47244640282 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 20 40 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 36731 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -10557029602569 (F1) Unknown 100 253 282758738 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1761649316	54.9% Above average	Read 95.3 Write 96.2 Mixed 73.6 66% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.73 114% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 57%
Seagate ST500DM002-1BD142 250GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 47GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 23679207 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5145 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 29897508 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5577 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1683 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 824 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 56 487850009 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 33 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 55581 (C2) HDA temperature 25 44 55834574873 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 51 23679207 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	25.8% Poor	Read 45.2 Write 44.6 Mixed 43.7 34% 44.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.37 81% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2400 CL16 16GB 1x16GB 130 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	46.8% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 13.9 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 14.9 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 47%

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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	395x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	310x
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 $40Bench 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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Total price: $520

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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