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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	92.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 01:30
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 139 2-Core 285 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 762 75% 616 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8185 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3635 (B1) Unknown 95 95 51 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 44 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1761 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33380354439	92.3% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 348 Mixed 351 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 26.9 139% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 77 103% 188 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 118%
Mushkin ECO3 480GB-$155 2,300 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 91GB free Firmware: O1126A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 368 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1415 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 150 (A3) Unknown 100 100 20 (A4) Unknown 100 100 15703 (A5) Unknown 100 100 37 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 11 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 15 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 176 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 22 (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 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 198211 (F2) Unknown 100 100 633999 (F5) Unknown 100 100 125624	80.5% Excellent	Read 491 Write 256 Mixed 275 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 26 118% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 16.5 67% 153 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 101%
Adata S510 120GB 690 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 45GB free Firmware: 5.0.7a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4110998 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 129527623722375 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2886 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 115 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 48 64427655198 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4110998 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4110998 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4110998 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16199 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14970 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14970 (F2) Unknown 0 0 25704	71.7% Very good	Read 495 Write 151 Mixed 228 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 21.1 127% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 14.6 42% 88.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 7436240 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 417 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4426790 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 989 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 415 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 51 589037602 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 611 (C2) HDA temperature 34 49 68719476770 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 26813480829909 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6652335968 (F2) Unknown 100 253 99657629106	94.9% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 161 Mixed 145 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.18 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.14 46% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 114%
HGST Travelstar 7K750 2.5" 750GB-$77 8,773 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 460GB free Firmware: JF4OA200 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 184 184 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2533 (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 87 87 6106 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2507 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 196266 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 236223660066 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	52.6% Above average	Read 92.4 Write 90.9 Mixed 81.8 66% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.21 72% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 28 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 28.8 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 105%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	606x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	496x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	119x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	345x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	154x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	90x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	70x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	44x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	79x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	61x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16