MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161222
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '17 at 11:46
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 772 82% 658 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 4471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 3045 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 198 Parallax 181 152% 189 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 177 Splatting 125 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP580 120GB 3,644 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 111GB free Firmware: V3.10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 156 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 50 (A1) Unknown 100 100 0 (A4) Unknown 100 100 23 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 0 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0 (FB) Unknown 100 100 0 (FC) Unknown 100 100 0 (FD) Unknown 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	50% Average	Read 420 Write 193 Mixed 234 62% 282 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 1.77 72% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25.8 DQ Write 61.8 DQ Mixed 1.95 14% 29.9 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 70%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 18712187 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -72980084283420 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2054 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 848 (B1) Unknown 0 0 93 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 42 30067523613 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 30067523613 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18712187 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18712187 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18712187 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 27717 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14968 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14968 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15517	74% Very good	Read 487 Write 182 Mixed 224 65% 298 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 17 134% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 39.2 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 14.3 41% 82.2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 87%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 466GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 130 3933 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4175 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13619 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3570 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2627 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 164 164 108042 (C2) HDA temperature 104 97 39 (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	73.1% Very good	Read 131 Write 123 Mixed 115 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.74 4K Mixed 0.17 110% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 79%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 436GB free Firmware: CR100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7424 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6503 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 18 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13513 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3001 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 143255 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 71 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 37 (C2) HDA temperature 118 94 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 143255 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 18 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 35	42.4% Average	Read 67.3 Write 80.2 Mixed 73.2 56% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.36 86% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 256GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 123094444 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15647 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 252849420 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12311 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 88 88 12524 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131359 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 52 723189802 (C2) HDA temperature 42 48 38654705706 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 17 123094444 (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 -86217173464909 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1165797914 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2494507143	64.9% Good	Read 106 Write 121 Mixed 89.2 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.28 80% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 70%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 45GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 136 3958 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5170 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13576 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2683 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 742 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4427 (C2) HDA temperature 104 94 39 (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	54.1% Above average	Read 90.2 Write 98.2 Mixed 83.4 68% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.36 80% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU64GX4M4C3200C16 1x16GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	60.6% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 16.6 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 20.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 60%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,006 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	392x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	308x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	103x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	127x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	87x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	77x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	40x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $520

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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