MSI Z170 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75% 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	91.2% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '17 at 19:14
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	11%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 105 2-Core 206 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 740 68% 568 Pts	64-Core 751 46% 751 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.53 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75% Very good	Lighting 99.2 Reflection 106 Parallax 94.4 81% 99.9 fps	MRender 73.6 Gravity 92.6 Splatting 69.9 64% 78.7 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 665 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 723 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 144 (AE) Unknown 100 100 105 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2578 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 58 180389609506 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (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 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 15878255829 (F7) Unknown 100 100 497271013 (F8) Unknown 100 100 957956917	91.2% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 319 Mixed 308 84% 382 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 27.8 141% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 39.3 75% 149 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 113%
WD WD2003FZEX-00Z4S 2TB 280 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 71GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 142 10916 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3084 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9389 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 719 (10) Unknown 8 192 148484041380 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2984 (C2) HDA temperature 107 100 45 (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	83.3% Excellent	Read 155 Write 135 Mixed 129 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 3.11 4K Mixed 0.22 108% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.16FAD 2x8GB 459 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 25.7 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 20.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 85%

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

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Typical Z170 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 141 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $109Bench 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 $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