MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.9% 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	56.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	19.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150906
Uptime	85 Days
Run Date	May 25 '21 at 18:10
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	57%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 80 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 88% 161 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 497 67% 501 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.9% Very good	Lighting 92.8 Reflection 104 Parallax 94.2 76% 97.1 fps	MRender 91.3 Gravity 93.7 Splatting 94.1 76% 93 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 131 132 130 106 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 386 Write 321 Mixed 351 SusWrite 123 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 66.5 4K Mixed 19.7 91% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 129 101% 139 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 95%
Crucial BX500 960GB-$54 11,103 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 434GB free Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 7 6.3 6.4 6.4 112 443 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 480 Write 246 Mixed 336 SusWrite 96.8 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 12 4K Write 53.2 4K Mixed 25.3 79% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 2.3 66% 158 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 173GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 129 128 130 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 107 Write 69 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 128 68% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2D3000C16 0420 F4-3200C16-4GVK 0215 CMK16GX4M2D3000C16 0420 F4-3200C16-4GVK 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.2% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 23.6 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 21.3 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 74%

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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 1,008 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	393x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	308x
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 $177	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