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

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.9% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 20:48
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 285 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 756 73% 603 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 850A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.8% Good	Lighting 82.1 Reflection 86 Parallax 84.7 67% 84.3 fps	MRender 81 Gravity 75.4 Splatting 68.3 61% 74.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 34GB free Firmware: 5.07 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 7799792 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 48850958052719 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1628 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 788 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7799792 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7799792 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7799792 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 34639 (EA) Unknown 0 0 33328 (F1) Unknown 0 0 33328 (F2) Unknown 0 0 32797	49.6% Average	Read 199 Write 93.2 Mixed 126 31% 140 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 14.2 109% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 29.2 43% 79.8 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 61%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 33GB 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 9021 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 907 (B1) Unknown 94 94 109 (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 65 50 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 161 (F1) Unknown 99 99 38400573756	97.9% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 416 Mixed 420 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 28.2 165% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 47.4 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 28.4 37% 64.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 892GB free Firmware: MN6OA5C0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 82 (03) Spinup time 137 137 34388246932 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3152 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 26 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 28034 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3109 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3732 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3732 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 193274314783 (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 200 200 8	89.1% Excellent	Read 163 Write 148 Mixed 123 108% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.46 130% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 27.5 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 27.8 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 91%

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Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) Builds (Compare 1,550 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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Desktop 87%

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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	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 $129Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	61x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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