MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.4% 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	79.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	16.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '18 at 22:05
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 251 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 551 64% 497 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 113 Parallax 108 88% 110 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 99.9 81% 98.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 142 139 138 137 134 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 449 Write 166 Mixed 224 SusWrite 140 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 33.1 128% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 40.5 103% 222 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 321GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 151 155 153 154 152 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 146 Mixed 78 SusWrite 153 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 564GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 141 143 142 143 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 138 Write 110 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 142 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 114%
Intenso Rainbow Line 8GB 617 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 7GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.3 4 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 12.5 Write 2.8 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 4.1 7% 5.97 MB/s	4K Write 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2133 C15 4x8GB 270 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 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	64.2% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 21.4 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 17.6 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 97%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	607x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	496x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	119x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	346x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	154x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	90x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	70x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	44x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	79x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	61x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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