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

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.7% 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	107% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '16 at 15:27
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 263 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 720 73% 591 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 105 Parallax 84.5 85% 98 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 101 82% 99.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Drevo X1-240G 240GB 516 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: D1DB11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^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 100 100 163 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 123 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 30 (A3) Unknown 100 100 320 (94) Unknown 100 100 64026 (95) Unknown 100 100 928 (96) Unknown 100 100 831 (97) Unknown 100 100 901 (A4) Unknown 100 100 20930 (A5) Unknown 100 100 81 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 16 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 34227150323737 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 112111 (F2) Unknown 100 100 65307 (F5) Unknown 100 100 123617 (F6) Unknown 100 100 128052 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	107% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 370 Mixed 441 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 44.1 163% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 56 109% 219 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 95%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 121GB free Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 124 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1835026 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 44 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 262 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 60 257699282972 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 21474836485 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 142 (EA) Unknown 100 100 186 (F1) Unknown 253 253 175 (F2) Unknown 253 253 431 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	76.4% Very good	Read 471 Write 153 Mixed 258 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 20.4 121% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 43.5 99% 210 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 101%
WD WD5003ABYZ-011FA0 500GB 2,936 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 435GB free Firmware: 01.01S03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 135 4166 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 923 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4548 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 767 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 563 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 359 (C2) HDA temperature 113 99 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	64.5% Good	Read 111 Write 113 Mixed 113 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.5 142% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 78%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 201GB free Firmware: 01.01S03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 139 3991 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1479 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6711 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1028 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 538 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 940 (C2) HDA temperature 114 98 29 (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	60.4% Good	Read 98.6 Write 112 Mixed 105 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.3 101% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22.3 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 24.3 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 62 65% 62 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 88%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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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 $130Bench 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 i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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