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

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	46.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '17 at 05:48
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 224 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 592 62% 498 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 366A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.9% Average	Lighting 53.9 Reflection 54.4 Parallax 45.6 44% 51.3 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 64.6 Splatting 59.5 52% 64.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 464GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	296% Outstanding	Read 2,940 Write 1,396 Mixed 1,546 430% 1,961 MB/s	4K Read 60.6 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 54.1 236% 85.1 MB/s	DQ Read 619 DQ Write 371 DQ Mixed 201 229% 397 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 296% Great: 254%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd 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 100 100 585 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 290 (64) Unknown 100 100 1280064 (65) Unknown 100 100 228224 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 41 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 377 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1328 (B7) Unknown 99 99 5 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 100 184684904482 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2233 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1089 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1612 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2036 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	45.3% Average	Read 444 Write 246 Mixed 250 69% 313 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 6.94 34% 16.2 MB/s	DQ Read 64.5 DQ Write 43.7 DQ Mixed 14.2 21% 40.8 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 92GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 424 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1491 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 8696391842 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3091 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1432 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 85900656661 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 49 555221025 (C2) HDA temperature 33 51 77309411361 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 38 424 (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 66614942764062 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1523118151 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2746435378	49.4% Average	Read 79.4 Write 92.8 Mixed 79.7 63% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.43 84% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$51 7,248 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 22 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 19.9 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 86%

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Gaming 69%

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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