MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING R6 SIEGE (MS-7A11)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.6% 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	110% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING R6 SIEGE (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170503
Uptime	14.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '19 at 07:58
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (59^th 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 107 2-Core 219 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 421 56% 416 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A11) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6471 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	5.43% Terrible	Lighting 7.53 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 7.12 6% 8.31 fps	MRender 10.4 Gravity 6.67 Splatting 0.09 4% 5.73 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.43% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.7 90% 108 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 97.5 Splatting 98.5 80% 96.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 404 421 424 421 427 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 444 Mixed 351 SusWrite 416 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 44.6 163% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 333 249% 333 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 385GB free Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1385 1395 1461 1481 1471 1481 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 2213 Write 1,792 Mixed 832 SusWrite 1,446 351% 1,571 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 64.9 224% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,316 DQ Write 1,220 DQ Mixed 1,127 884% 1,221 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 353%
WD WD7502AAEX-00Y9A0 750GB 4,731 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 558GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 82 72 80 75 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 90.3 Write 75 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 77.8 61% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 137% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 346GB free Firmware: SD1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 87 87 89 89 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 87.8 Write 14.8 Mixed 49.3 SusWrite 88.2 44% 60 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 4,583 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.1% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.9 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 18.5 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 117%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING R6 SIEGE (MS-7A11)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	54x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	34x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	12x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	10x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	7x
BX200 480GBCrucial $160Bench 78%, 11,290 samples	4x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $480

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $176	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