MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.7% 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	77.3% 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	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 18:58
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 666 69% 554 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 106 89% 110 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 101 Splatting 93.9 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 236GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^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 1036 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1547 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 44 (A3) Unknown 100 100 673 (94) Unknown 100 100 341440 (95) Unknown 100 100 5041 (96) Unknown 100 100 4890 (97) Unknown 100 100 5021 (A4) Unknown 100 100 172580 (A5) Unknown 100 100 164 (A6) Unknown 100 100 69 (A7) Unknown 100 100 135 (A9) Unknown 100 100 87 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 34222855028760 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1025394 (F2) Unknown 100 100 642209 (F5) Unknown 100 100 2038601 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1365760 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	77.3% Very good	Read 492 Write 249 Mixed 266 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 57.4 4K Mixed 24 109% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 43.4 80% 163 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 745GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 225973232 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2145 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 291508 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3185 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1547 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 53 437518362 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11670 (C2) HDA temperature 26 47 68719476762 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -34750580389819 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2549736337 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1037101158	89.7% Excellent	Read 158 Write 155 Mixed 132 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.17 72% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 28 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 29 84% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 97%

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 40%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	393x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	309x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	104x

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 $94Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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