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

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	44.2% 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	119% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '17 at 22:53
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$49 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 530 71% 531 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.2% Average	Lighting 51.4 Reflection 66.4 Parallax 57.3 42% 58.4 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 53.9 Splatting 54.5 49% 60.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1273 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 391 (B1) Unknown 96 96 69 (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 65 53 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 53 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20769859071	119% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 410 Mixed 412 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 48.5 191% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 107 140% 255 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$20 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 403GB free Firmware: KC65 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 167 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 5066389 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 346 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 98 (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 73 63 454164507 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 68719476763 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 35 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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 46879568036197 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4238031154 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2858087147	63.8% Good	Read 108 Write 114 Mixed 97.5 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.57 105% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 88%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 9,902 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.85% Terrible	Read 23.3 Write 5.98 Mixed 5.98 12% 11.8 MB/s	4K Read 9.1 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.01 34% 3.04 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.85% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G 16GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 27 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 26 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	616x
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	504x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	124x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	353x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	170x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	159x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	92x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	72x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	45x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	104x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	80x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	63x

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