MSI Z170 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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	125% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	25.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180616
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '21 at 14:50
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	KOR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 245 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 702 71% 576 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 192 Parallax 177 137% 179 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 181 Splatting 124 118% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.4.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 43 38 31 38 33 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	25.7% Poor	Read 133 Write 118 Mixed 122 SusWrite 39.4 23% 103 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 7 51% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 57.6 DQ Write 79.6 DQ Mixed 140 86% 92.4 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 89%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 524GB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 29GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 239 230 241 233 202 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 393 Write 447 Mixed 355 SusWrite 262 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 41.2 151% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 328 250% 337 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 100%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 215GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 458 462 461 460 459 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 427 Mixed 384 SusWrite 459 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 57.2 194% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 298 242% 342 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 125%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 593GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 195 209 196 204 205 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 126 Write 126 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 202 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GB 29,586 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 23.4 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 25.9 78% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 96%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	37x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	37x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	19x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	10x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	9x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	4x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	8x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 81%, 93,353 samples	6x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	4x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $506

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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