MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '18 at 21:31
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	41%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 197 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 533 56% 447 Pts	64-Core 611 38% 611 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3176) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.1% Good	Lighting 76.9 Reflection 75.6 Parallax 68.7 63% 73.7 fps	MRender 74.5 Gravity 68.8 Splatting 61.2 55% 68.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron XT 240GB-$170 1,466 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC01.5 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 469 Write 442 Mixed 81.2 73% 330 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 22.2 142% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 66.6 70% 117 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 115%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 212GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 102 102 103 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 135 Write 136 Mixed 75 SusWrite 103 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMD16GX4M2B3000C15 0215 CMV8GX4M1A2133C15 0215 CMD16GX4M2B3000C15 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.2% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 16.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 13.5 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 74%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,012 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 40%

Jet ski

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	309x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	41x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 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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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $519

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 $39	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