MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '17 at 11:28
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 149 2-Core 297 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 590 8-Core 592 79% 591 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) CLim: 1020 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.5% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 56.7 Parallax 112 64% 82.4 fps	MRender 56.4 Gravity 78.4 Splatting 72.2 57% 69 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 mSATA 256GB-$150 304 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 118GB free Firmware: X231200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7070 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 766 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 56 (A9) Unknown 100 100 406 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12 (AE) Unknown 100 100 133 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 59 253404053544 (D4) Unknown 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 40 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3247 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2005 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1283 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	88.3% Excellent	Read 361 Write 399 Mixed 347 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 25.3 132% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 47.5 86% 170 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 91%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 0 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3944 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 292 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 32 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 33 287763529763 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (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 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 14879395504 (F7) Unknown 100 100 465984328 (F8) Unknown 100 100 265336884 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1941 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0
Poor: 60% Great: 98%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 569GB free Firmware: SM28 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 100 240515456 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 88 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 626539 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1297 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 81 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 655753253 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 585 (C2) HDA temperature 37 48 73014444069 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	59.1% Above average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 90 74% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.1 49% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 65%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 441GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 175 1916 (04) Start/Stop count 39 39 61995 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13472 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1307 (BF) G-sense error rate 93 93 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 229 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 166 166 102141 (C2) HDA temperature 116 96 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	51.4% Above average	Read 81.7 Write 97.2 Mixed 90.6 68% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB 12,182 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 33 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 39.8 SC Mixed 29.7 86% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 99%

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Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	393x
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 $45Bench 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

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16