MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.7% 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	133% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '17 at 23:38
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 219 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 701 69% 563 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.3% 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: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 119 Parallax 103 89% 110 fps	MRender 86.4 Gravity 96.9 Splatting 102 79% 95.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MO0100EBTJT 100GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 175GB free Firmware: HPG2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 80 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 20744 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 950 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 406 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 60 420610073 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 91 91 388376763 (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 98 0	58.7% Above average	Read 506 Write 205 Mixed 321 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 44 4K Mixed 12.7 60% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 89.3 DQ Mixed 50.9 72% 138 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 62%
MO0100EBTJT 100GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 175GB free Firmware: HPG2 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 84 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 19006 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 781 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 395 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 61 454164507 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 96 96 172526712 (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 98 0	58.8% Above average	Read 503 Write 199 Mixed 320 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 43.8 4K Mixed 13.4 62% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 90.8 DQ Mixed 54.5 74% 140 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 62%
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$110 2,806 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.02 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 1,480 Write 522 Mixed 667 194% 890 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 20 126% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 41 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 19 42% 81.5 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 215%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 22.7 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 34 SC Mixed 20 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 80%

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Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,010 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 40%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	393x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	309x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	104x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	127x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	87x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	77x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	40x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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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Total price: $520

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16