MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	9.74% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	62% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '19 at 19:21
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 686 74% 591 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 83C2) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.74% Terrible	Lighting 10.9 Reflection 12.9 Parallax 9.25 9% 11 fps	MRender 15.1 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 14.9 11% 13.8 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.74% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 103 102 96 95 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 282 Write 146 Mixed 168 SusWrite 98.6 38% 174 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 32.7 128% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 90.4 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 104 84% 115 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 73%
Team T2535T120G 120GB 1,793 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 81GB free Firmware: Q0627A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 427 249 60 59 57 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 475 Write 385 Mixed 377 SusWrite 208 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 30.7 148% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 46.8 94% 185 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 260GB free Firmware: CC3E SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 93 93 92 92 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 89.8 Write 96.2 Mixed 63 SusWrite 92 63% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 428GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 90 90 89 89 91 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 85.5 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 89.3 61% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 27.4 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 26.9 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 97%

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Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,006 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	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 $129Bench 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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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $520

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 $46

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