MSI Z370 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.2% 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	95.1% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171027
Uptime	7.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '21 at 15:59
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 75.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 257 85% 155 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 786 76% 624 Pts	64-Core 973 60% 973 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C300) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 123 Parallax 115 93% 117 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 120 Splatting 109 88% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 373 388 409 407 412 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 413 Mixed 327 SusWrite 393 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 33.3 124% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 241 202% 293 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 125%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 21GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 74 75 64 68 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 68.5 Write 69 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 69.8 50% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 59%
Toshiba MQ01ABD032 320GB-$50 10,446 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 82GB free Firmware: AX001U SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 117 119 118 118 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 104 Write 103 Mixed 32 SusWrite 117 65% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 54%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 57GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 108 109 109 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 104 Write 100 Mixed 66 SusWrite 108 70% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 70%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$71 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 84GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 45 44 45 46 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	25.2% Poor	Read 45 Write 41.5 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 42.2 29% 40 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C16/16G KHX2666C15D4/4G 20GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2667, 2667 MHz 16384, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	41% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 13.1 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 11.8 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 89.4 45% 89.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 69%

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Gaming 111%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7B46) - $190

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	449x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	197x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	99x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	97x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	83x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	41x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	31x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	48x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	28x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	28x

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Total price: $1,011

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16