MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90% 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	80.3% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160121
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '16 at 12:32
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 459 60% 452 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.6909 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 121 Parallax 102 93% 112 fps	MRender 99.7 Gravity 104 Splatting 105 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 466GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 19 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 32 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 70 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7253350	64.2% Good	Read 466 Write 260 Mixed 274 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 13 97% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 32.8 DQ Write 55 DQ Mixed 72.5 47% 53.4 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 123%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1401 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 363 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 61 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 64 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4233395071	80.3% Excellent	Read 490 Write 399 Mixed 417 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 82.7 4K Mixed 20.6 114% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 30.4 DQ Write 94.4 DQ Mixed 121 76% 81.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 124%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 713GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 327693 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 89 (03) Spinup time 122 122 25789661500 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2516 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 26 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19865 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1773 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2564 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2564 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 184684642335 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 26 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	54.6% Above average	Read 98 Write 92.1 Mixed 89.1 70% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.34 94% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 74%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 8GB 1,392 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID a815 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	7.23% Terrible	Read 25.2 Write 8.96 Mixed 8.66 15% 14.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.78 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.006 26% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.23% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD48G24002 1x8GB 171 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	46.3% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 13.9 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 14.2 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 48%

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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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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 $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) $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