MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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	97.3% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161018
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '18 at 18:18
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 230 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 673 65% 535 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 190 Parallax 181 141% 181 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 164 Splatting 115 108% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$130 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 479GB free Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th 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 5246 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 568 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 17 (AE) Unknown 100 100 75 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 48 223339282459 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 16967524412 (F7) Unknown 100 100 530354465 (F8) Unknown 100 100 374570968 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4374 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	84.8% Excellent	Read 483 Write 338 Mixed 333 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 26.6 108% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 54.6 99% 199 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 105%
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 214GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.U Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6629 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 849 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1105 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6750381 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 213 (C2) HDA temperature 73 59 176094773275 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (E9) Unknown 100 100 49513 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 40980 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11000 (F4) Unknown 100 100 103 (F5) Unknown 100 100 173 (F6) Unknown 100 100 13948672	97.3% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 505 Mixed 501 114% 510 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 91.2 4K Mixed 13.4 111% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 14 93% 214 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 220243464 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1056 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 69900320 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6336 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 733 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 72 61 470941724 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 83 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15104 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 64424509468 (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 115049288963175 (F1) Unknown 100 253 55720778361 (F2) Unknown 100 253 309202618355	79.4% Very good	Read 147 Write 131 Mixed 149 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.15 57% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 113%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 156 Write 152 Mixed 109 174% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.25 101% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 3,365 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22.7 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 23.7 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 109%

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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 1,005 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	126x
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	63x
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	43x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	35x

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Total price: $520

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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