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

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.2% 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	88.6% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '17 at 01:32
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 79.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 193 71% 125 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 552 57% 458 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 107 Parallax 90.1 83% 99.8 fps	MRender 93.1 Gravity 95.2 Splatting 85.3 74% 91.2 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD1003FZEX-00MK2A0 512GB 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3269 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 439 (A5) Unknown 100 100 640188288190 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 39 (A9) Unknown 100 100 475 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 27 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 63 270584184861 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 10033063135520 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5227 (EA) Unknown 100 100 31397 (F1) Unknown 253 253 29534 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4816 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	88.6% Excellent	Read 491 Write 465 Mixed 449 105% 469 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 52.8 4K Mixed 23 96% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 50.2 94% 188 MB/s

Sandisk SD8SB8U512G1122 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: 2BC10007 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 88 81 3799 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 73 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 260 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 69 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 50 214749151260 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1684	64.3% Good	Read 106 Write 118 Mixed 118 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.25 81% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 89%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$33 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 130GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 2383 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 435 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3267 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 435 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 413 (C2) HDA temperature 111 107 32 (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	63.2% Good	Read 112 Write 108 Mixed 93.9 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.34 108% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2800 C16 4x8GB 344 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.5% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 25.1 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 18.7 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 82 49% 82 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 135%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	611x
Core i5-6600KIntel $88Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	498x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	119x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	348x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	156x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	91x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	71x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	45x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	103x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	79x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	61x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $457

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16