MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.9% 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	236% 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	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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '17 at 21:49
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 145 2-Core 290 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 563 73% 552 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 126 Parallax 108 99% 118 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 111 Splatting 107 89% 109 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 1,806 Write 1,239 Mixed 1,357 325% 1,467 MB/s	4K Read 58.8 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 46 224% 82.5 MB/s	DQ Read 566 DQ Write 404 DQ Mixed 206 229% 392 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 223742176 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 514 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 10198966 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2474 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 469 (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 67 58 571736097 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29271 (C2) HDA temperature 33 42 77309411361 (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 17330193040534 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4286000786 (F2) Unknown 100 253 111681930056	104% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 167 Mixed 174 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.24 85% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series 4x8GB 1,524 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2900 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 31.5 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 38.7 SC Mixed 28 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 109%

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 40%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	392x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	308x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	103x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	127x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	87x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	77x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	40x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	44x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	35x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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