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

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.5% 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	104% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 23:12
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 150 2-Core 297 98% 180 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 818 84% 678 Pts	64-Core 820 51% 820 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 112 Parallax 95.2 90% 106 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 99.2 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 363GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 708 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 333 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 112 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 32 292058824743 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4274873088 (F7) Unknown 100 100 133612851 (F8) Unknown 100 100 33980104 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1933 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	85.8% Excellent	Read 484 Write 317 Mixed 322 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 25.2 119% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 44.2 92% 189 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 98%
Transcend SSD370 512GB-$205 1,585 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114H 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2081 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2772 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 46 (A3) Unknown 100 100 23 (A4) Unknown 100 100 63373 (A5) Unknown 100 100 160 (A6) Unknown 100 100 18 (A7) Unknown 100 100 62 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 14 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 450 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4573 (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 100 100 23 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 543477 (F2) Unknown 100 100 451386 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1013968	104% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 430 Mixed 460 104% 467 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 33.3 149% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 59 104% 202 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-15-15 D4-2133 029E CMV8GX4M1A2133C15 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	66.8% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 19.4 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 20.7 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 73%

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Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) Builds (Compare 1,550 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $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 $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