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

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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	120% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '17 at 23:34
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 272 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 721 75% 605 Pts	64-Core 779 48% 779 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.6% 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: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 154 Parallax 133 123% 146 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 140 Splatting 110 99% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1756 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 20 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 66 52 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2276516483	120% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 504 Mixed 314 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 51.3 184% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 134 138% 225 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 37GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4653189 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 19 19 32512902501926 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 211 (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 4653189 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4653189 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4653189 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 28999 (EA) Unknown 0 0 48352 (F1) Unknown 0 0 48352 (F2) Unknown 0 0 33806	69.4% Good	Read 503 Write 119 Mixed 187 58% 269 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 17.9 122% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 41.4 62% 118 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 82%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 507GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 173 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 327 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22197 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 327 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 304 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 22 (C2) HDA temperature 112 89 31 (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
Poor: 43% Great: 105%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 507GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 171 2383 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 341 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23151 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 341 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 309 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 35 (C2) HDA temperature 112 85 31 (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
Poor: 43% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 179GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 185797288 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 278 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 31693815 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13072 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 278 (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 71 50 521863197 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 50744 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 73014444061 (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 -19271518247886 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14282123243 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41068537620	72% Very good	Read 147 Write 104 Mixed 20.9 66% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.19 67% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 114%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 57GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 161002368 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 63 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8677930 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2861 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 137 (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 69 58 555548703 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1753 (C2) HDA temperature 31 42 77309411359 (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 -49688476644816 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5871803157 (F2) Unknown 100 253 77501488954	70.4% Very good	Read 110 Write 134 Mixed 72.3 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 5.38 4K Mixed 0.49 180% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.4% 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 (70^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 31.1 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 30.4 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.9% 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