MSI Z370 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7B46)

Performance Results


Gaming 137% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	141% 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	64% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	Micro-Star MS-7B46
Motherboard	MSI Z370 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7B46) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170829
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 19:32
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 714 79% 624 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2885 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Lighting 201 Reflection 212 Parallax 210 164% 207 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 198 Splatting 134 127% 157 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 mSATA 256GB-$398 658 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 238GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^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 1491 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1237 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 95 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 32 292058431515 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3243217130 (F7) Unknown 100 100 101630400 (F8) Unknown 100 100 26860969	105% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 479 Mixed 481 110% 494 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 35.9 155% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30.9 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 72.6 89% 147 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 13597052 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 65060164601395 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 281 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 32 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 40 68722098204 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 68722098204 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13597052 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13597052 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13597052 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 77309411328 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1260 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1410 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1410 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1519 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1638410	64% Good	Read 444 Write 125 Mixed 164 53% 244 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 18.7 120% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 25.6 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 28.8 39% 67.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 75%
Freecom Hard Drive XS 2TB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 220GB free, PID fc8e Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Read 37 Write 38.2 Mixed 36.8 48% 37.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.4 114% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 21%
disk2go THREEO 8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 3GB free, PID 0512 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Read 125 Write 30.3 Mixed 45.3 68% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.89 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 1.06 87% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 40.8 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 29.8 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 29.7 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

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Typical Z370 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7B46) Builds (Compare 1,049 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

Motherboard: MSI Z370 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7B46) - $190

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	447x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	196x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	99x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	97x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	83x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	41x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	31x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	47x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	28x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	28x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $999

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