MSI Z170 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	7.7 Days
Run Date	May 07 '17 at 20:22
Run Duration	333 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 230 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 407 47% 365 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 330C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 115 Parallax 98.1 87% 107 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 99.7 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4564 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 778 (B1) Unknown 96 96 80 (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 66 55 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13106448061	114% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 411 Mixed 415 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 44.4 177% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 99.4 135% 250 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 115%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 363GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 784 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4559 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 777 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 725 (C2) HDA temperature 117 104 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	80.8% Excellent	Read 144 Write 138 Mixed 144 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.21 90% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer Facet 8GB 2,885 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5576 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 22.3 Write 3.14 Mixed 7.98 11% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.48 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 1.21 118% 3.08 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 13%

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 below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.2% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 21.8 64% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 18.7 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 85%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z170 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	37x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	37x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	19x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	10x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	9x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	4x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	8x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 81%, 93,353 samples	6x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	4x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $506

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16