MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150906
Uptime	17.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '16 at 19:16
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$88 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 489 66% 493 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E283) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Lighting 67.5 Reflection 60.3 Parallax 79.6 55% 69.1 fps	MRender 56.8 Gravity 58.4 Splatting 77.3 54% 64.2 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 50%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7984) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.15.4279 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	4.2% Terrible	Lighting 7.8 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 6.94 6% 9.03 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.2% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshib DT01ACA200 2TB 577 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 143 143 17196777745 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 207 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 10 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7483 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 158 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 212 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 212 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 201864839205 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 12 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	89% Excellent	Read 166 Write 145 Mixed 152 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$33 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 116GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 100 37852119 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 312 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3318760 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25226 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 267 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 56 723517478 (C2) HDA temperature 38 44 77309411366 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 16 15 37852119 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -134226317909013 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2696730235 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1576642422	61% Good	Read 108 Write 105 Mixed 99 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.64 138% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 68%
Hitach HDS721010CLA332 1TB 161 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 46GB free Firmware: JP4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 88 88 3080231 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 116 (03) Spinup time 132 132 17198088486 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 549 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 130 130 35 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 53201 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 503 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2234 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2234 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 201864511526 (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 200 200 0	55.7% Above average	Read 117 Write 77.8 Mixed 95.4 73% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.25 67% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 76%
WD WD5000AAKS-22A7B 500GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 3GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 160 4858 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 816 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 21 21 58261 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 751 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 438 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 816 (C2) HDA temperature 104 99 43 (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 200 200 266 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.2% Above average	Read 107 Write 81.8 Mixed 87.9 69% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.31 104% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 19,779 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 29.3 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 26.8 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 96%

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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	394x
Core i5-6600KIntel $88Bench 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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	41x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 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: $519

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 $160	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16