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

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '17 at 18:39
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^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-$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 (95^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 253 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 686 72% 576 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 112 Parallax 107 88% 109 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 433GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 871 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 131 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 62 60 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3324931168	118% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 414 Mixed 419 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 49.6 186% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 132 153% 265 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$24 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 842GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 211702904 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1928 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 225609613 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6958 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1914 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 197571510319 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 9179037731 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 331 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16060 (C2) HDA temperature 35 45 -140737488355293 (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 33101312956934 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -133640765303400 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -135124650039319	105% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 186 Mixed 170 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.43 117% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%
Sony Card_R/W -CF 64GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 46GB free, PID 01bd Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	16.3% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 28.8 Mixed 22.5 35% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.43 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 1.02 100% 2.89 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.4% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 20.4 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 20 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 88%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	616x
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	504x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	124x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	353x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	170x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	159x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	92x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	72x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	45x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	104x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	80x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	63x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $598

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