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

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.2% 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	98.7% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 22:33
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 218 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 619 62% 506 Pts	64-Core 621 38% 621 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.2% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 137 Parallax 117 102% 126 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 118 Splatting 101 88% 108 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5787 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 459 (B1) Unknown 93 93 146 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 54 49 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 35 (F1) Unknown 99 99 48723298129	98.7% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 355 Mixed 386 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 39.6 147% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 111 126% 217 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 92GB free Firmware: KC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 99 0 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3577 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 444838090 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23520 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1272 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295032904 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 48 606142500 (C2) HDA temperature 36 52 42949672996 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 27 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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -59811714540836 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2238661822 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1455858723	53.1% Above average	Read 94 Write 91.3 Mixed 81 67% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.44 93% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G4D30AETA.K8FE 2x4GB 650 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.3% Good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 20.2 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 18.9 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 108%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) Builds (Compare 1,551 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 $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	346x
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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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