MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	208% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	May 15 '21 at 19:09
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 78.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 214 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 422 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2956) 2GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Lighting 35.6 Reflection 40.2 Parallax 32.8 29% 36.2 fps	MRender 34.5 Gravity 34.4 Splatting 30.6 27% 33.2 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 653GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 795 846 944 1018 827 1202 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 916 Write 824 Mixed 516 SusWrite 939 180% 799 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 64.2 210% 80.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,374 DQ Write 795 DQ Mixed 1030 781% 1,066 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 347%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 374GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 350 358 362 379 357 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 433 Mixed 341 SusWrite 347 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 59.7 203% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 345 260% 349 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 158GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 352 359 363 373 350 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 411 Mixed 358 SusWrite 345 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 45.6 164% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: ML6OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 132 132 133 132 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 122 Write 126 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 132 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 73%
102 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 21GB free, PID fa05 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 15 14 15 15 14 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	6.55% Terrible	Read 15.2 Write 3 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 14.1 12% 10 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.55% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400 C15 Series 2x16GB 944 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.1% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 82.7 48% 82.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 86%

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

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Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,006 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 40%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	392x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	308x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	103x

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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	40x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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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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