MSI Z370 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78% 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	89.1% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 09:00
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 448 59% 441 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1802 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 104 Parallax 102 82% 103 fps	MRender 89 Gravity 92.5 Splatting 76.9 70% 86.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 42GB free Firmware: SBFM71.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 836 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 133 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 73 73 119 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524300 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1345	81.7% Excellent	Read 467 Write 385 Mixed 420 94% 424 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 6.14 106% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 9.94 72% 160 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 83%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st 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 2525 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 916 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 88 88 389 (AE) Unknown 100 100 162 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2580 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 42 249108955168 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 88 88 12 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 66990342654 (F7) Unknown 100 100 2095218617 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1966291101	89.1% Excellent	Read 525 Write 397 Mixed 413 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 21.8 120% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 39.5 74% 144 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 113%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 9GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 244 Write 92 Mixed 114 164% 150 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 7.13 4K Mixed 4.62 450% 8.49 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2800C15-8GVRB 04CD F4-2666C15-8GVR 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2800, 2800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	95.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 31.4 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 38.7 SC Mixed 27.2 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 99%

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Gaming 111%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7B46) - $190

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	447x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	196x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	99x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	97x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	83x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	41x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	31x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	47x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	28x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	28x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $996

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 $40	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