MSI Z370 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.1% 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	66.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '18 at 18:01
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 208 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 776 71% 594 Pts	64-Core 1,124 70% 1,124 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 108 Parallax 97.9 85% 103 fps	MRender 92.6 Gravity 93.8 Splatting 94 77% 93.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green SATA M.2 120GB-$47 6,576 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 68 70 79 63 68 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 476 Write 406 Mixed 247 SusWrite 77.2 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 23.1 114% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 33.4 72% 146 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 73%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 316GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 454 458 464 448 287 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 485 Mixed 463 SusWrite 427 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 58.7 199% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 351GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 120 119 119 121 122 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 170 Write 151 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 120 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 109%
Seagate M3 Portable 1TB 5,295 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 513GB free Firmware: 1306 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 92 91 91 93 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 54.8 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 91 54% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	68.7% Good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 19.5 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 22.1 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 104%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	447x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	196x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	99x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	31x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	47x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	28x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	28x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $999

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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