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

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.9% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 27 '17 at 06:38
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 119 2-Core 233 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 603 61% 493 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 158 Parallax 133 118% 145 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 141 Splatting 113 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 327GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2057 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 215 (A5) Unknown 100 100 15139001 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 45 (A8) Unknown 100 100 10 (A9) Unknown 100 100 419 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 17 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 64 274879152163 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 223342952519 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2350 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3815 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3377 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2594 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	81.9% Excellent	Read 481 Write 243 Mixed 245 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 20.9 123% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 38.8 91% 193 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 108%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 78 (03) Spinup time 126 126 51579716195 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 391 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2117 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 209 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 400 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 400 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 171800002595 (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	82.5% Excellent	Read 142 Write 146 Mixed 135 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.22 94% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 92%
WD easystore 25FC 1TB 3,002 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 681GB free, PID 25fc Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 103 Write 98.9 Mixed 61.5 109% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.25 81% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 60%
Generic External 1TB 446 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 214GB free, PID 1840 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 41.2 Write 42.6 Mixed 28.6 47% 37.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.49 60% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GB 8,488 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	72.7% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.4 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 21.6 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 89%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	606x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	496x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	119x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	345x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	169x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	154x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	90x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	70x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	44x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	102x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	79x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	61x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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