MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '16 at 19:13
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (81^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 694 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 362D) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Lighting 22.7 Reflection 17.7 Parallax 20.4 18% 20.3 fps	MRender 25.3 Gravity 23.9 Splatting 17.2 18% 22.1 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 845 Write 528 Mixed 776 159% 716 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 15.9 117% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 394 DQ Mixed 68.1 126% 245 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%
MO0100EBTJT 100GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 37GB free Firmware: HPG2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 96 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 16435 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 450 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 395 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 60 504496156 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 91 91 359188034 (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 100 98 0	62.2% Good	Read 508 Write 215 Mixed 298 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 47.5 4K Mixed 14.7 67% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 88.5 DQ Mixed 56.5 78% 149 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 62%
MO0100EBTJT 100GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 37GB free Firmware: HPG2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 96 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 14697 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 281 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 384 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 61 554827806 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 96 96 147177397 (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 100 98 0	61.4% Good	Read 497 Write 219 Mixed 307 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 49.6 4K Mixed 13.5 66% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 89.2 DQ Mixed 55.2 76% 145 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	75.5% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 22.9 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 24.1 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 85%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	395x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	312x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	104x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	127x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	88x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	77x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	41x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	44x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	35x

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