MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	98.8% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 22:40
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$229 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 84.9 1-Core 153 2-Core 267 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 776 79% 639 Pts	64-Core 807 50% 807 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 326GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6701 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 239 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 39 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 127 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15125153594	98.8% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 404 Mixed 418 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 29 158% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 47.6 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 76.4 84% 132 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 131%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 231GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12735 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1005 (B1) Unknown 95 95 102 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 56 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 193 (EB) Unknown 99 99 162 (F1) Unknown 99 99 49861277219
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Gold 10TB (2016)-$288 1,110 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 8.5TB free Firmware: 01.01H01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 100 (03) Spinup time 189 189 21494497677 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 188 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6667 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 185 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 515 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 515 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 180389871644 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	124% Outstanding	Read 212 Write 219 Mixed 204 159% 212 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 4.38 4K Mixed 0.58 176% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 122 Write 109 Mixed 80.7 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 4.69 4K Mixed 0.55 185% 2.05 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2666 C15 Series 4x8GB 241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.8% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 21.8 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 13.2 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 110%

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $163Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	397x
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	316x
Core i7-6700Intel $163Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	104x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	128x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	89x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	77x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	41x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	44x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	35x

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