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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 15:55
Run Duration	400 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 241 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 443 58% 433 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 116 Parallax 98.7 90% 108 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 100 Splatting 99.7 81% 99.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 402GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 168 2425 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 597 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2776 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 593 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 567 (C2) HDA temperature 114 104 29 (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	79.8% Very good	Read 136 Write 141 Mixed 135 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.84 4K Mixed 0.37 147% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 347GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 125804048 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 520 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 77287297 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2053 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 478 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 63 521797663 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 680 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 38654705695 (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 -132542690752492 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10357797453 (F2) Unknown 100 253 112109523157	74.9% Very good	Read 116 Write 143 Mixed 109 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 5.36 4K Mixed 0.62 206% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 112%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 76GB free, PID 10a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 78.4 Write 78.8 Mixed 75.1 100% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.23 65% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 43%
USB DISK 2.0 4GB 339 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.05% Terrible	Read 24.8 Write 7.13 Mixed 9.69 14% 13.9 MB/s	4K Read 7.89 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.007 30% 2.64 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.05% Great: 8%
USB Flash Memory 16GB 2,810 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 2GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	6.13% Terrible	Read 21 Write 6.47 Mixed 8.89 13% 12.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.86 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.01 26% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.13% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.5% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.3 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 16.9 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 99%

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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 $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 $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