MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.2% 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	59.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (21%). 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	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150906
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	May 15 '18 at 00:54
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (43^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 125 2-Core 240 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 432 58% 432 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Lighting 69.9 Reflection 68.3 Parallax 69.1 57% 69.1 fps	MRender 74.3 Gravity 64.8 Splatting 54.3 52% 64.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 19947789 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -41815801588667 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 529 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 103 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 39 68 47249096743 (C2) HDA temperature 39 68 47249096743 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 19947789 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 19947789 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 19947789 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 34359738369 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18430 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13077 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13077 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6899 (F4) Unknown 96 96 9699474	59.3% Above average	Read 429 Write 121 Mixed 176 53% 242 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 15.3 102% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 92.6 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 30.5 48% 88.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 90GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 69 63 8965015 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2961 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 8630388148 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5185 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 512 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 14 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 43 571342881 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3073 (C2) HDA temperature 33 7 30064771105 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 8965015 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 98 4430 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -347892346968 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13423714967 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16496395651	93.5% Outstanding	Read 153 Write 173 Mixed 147 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.31 96% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 112%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2GB free Firmware: 2AR20004 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1195 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 87 3078 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5453 (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 10633 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 310 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2377 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 99 99 24353908 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1406 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 260595 (C2) HDA temperature 64 50 219043856408 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1647 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 8104 (F1) Unknown 92 88 11540148 (F2) Unknown 94 88 9450581 (FE) Unknown 252 252 0	29.6% Poor	Read 58.1 Write 45 Mixed 65.8 43% 56.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.2 55% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 59%
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB-$30 12,971 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2GB free Firmware: CC2J Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 92 23980484 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6596 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 106327674 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11321 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 7 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2451 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1606 (BC) Unknown 100 97 395143086288 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 333 (BE) vendor-specific 74 45 521076762 (C2) HDA temperature 26 55 21474836506 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 41 23980484 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 11198 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 109418586844139 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1059257945 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1099170251	31.8% Below average	Read 55.5 Write 55.3 Mixed 55 42% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.32 73% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.7% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 21.1 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 22.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 99%

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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	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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: 69% - Good

Total price: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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