MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	55.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '18 at 23:46
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 506 67% 503 Pts	64-Core 511 32% 511 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 0501) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1300 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Lighting 70 Reflection 68.3 Parallax 84.9 57% 74.4 fps	MRender 66.8 Gravity 67.8 Splatting 55.8 51% 63.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 3304 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 311 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1151111725853 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 152 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 49 219043332136 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1138169151753 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 368 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3719 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1910 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1205 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	57.8% Above average	Read 511 Write 111 Mixed 83 50% 235 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 94.5 4K Mixed 5.72 92% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 2.45 35% 77.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 465GB free Firmware: SD81 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 211776698 (03) Spinup time 94 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 599 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 57 17186491973 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5192 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 98 45 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 369 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 292 (BE) vendor-specific 72 51 471531548 (C2) HDA temperature 28 49 73014444060 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 31 211776698 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	59.1% Above average	Read 100 Write 106 Mixed 97.3 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.49 115% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 59%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 298GB free Firmware: 02.03E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 135 132 4208 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1252 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 29155 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1098 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 133 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1251 (C2) HDA temperature 111 95 32 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 63 63 27563 (F1) Unknown 200 200 11992817295 (F2) Unknown 200 200 15254635375	59.6% Above average	Read 111 Write 96.6 Mixed 105 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.4 113% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 60%

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 @ 2925 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 27.4 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 29.8 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 104%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	606x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	496x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	119x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	345x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	154x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	90x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	70x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	44x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	79x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	61x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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