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

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% 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	121% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '17 at 12:46
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 780 80% 646 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 155 Parallax 136 124% 148 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 142 Splatting 113 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 66GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4429460 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 20 20 -104067057511881 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 209 (B1) Unknown 0 0 13 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4429460 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4429460 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4429460 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 28933 (EA) Unknown 0 0 48290 (F1) Unknown 0 0 48290 (F2) Unknown 0 0 33738	71% Very good	Read 509 Write 141 Mixed 190 61% 280 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 16.8 122% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 40.5 62% 118 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 82%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 749 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 11 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 67 53 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1175956901	121% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 499 Mixed 294 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 51.7 183% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 133 143% 238 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 408GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 332 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22145 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 332 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 307 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 28 (C2) HDA temperature 118 85 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	103% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 188 Mixed 153 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.18 117% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 217GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 10867368 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 269 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 27981499 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12067 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 269 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 50 420872217 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 90 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 49713 (C2) HDA temperature 25 50 77309411353 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 71034464116862 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12667646896 (F2) Unknown 100 253 38540418996	73.3% Very good	Read 140 Write 116 Mixed 23.5 67% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.22 68% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 114%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 64GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 143527256 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 55 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7721872 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1856 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 128 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 74 60 437780506 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1157 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 90194313242 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -112352049494379 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5596905822 (F2) Unknown 100 253 76905495042	72.8% Very good	Read 104 Write 149 Mixed 113 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 5.45 4K Mixed 0.71 212% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB 1,302 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 31.1 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 42.7 SC Mixed 31 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 115%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	606x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	496x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	119x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	345x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	70x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	79x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	61x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

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