MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.3% 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.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151022
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '16 at 23:04
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 224 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 647 65% 529 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.4% Below average	Lighting 44.7 Reflection 42.9 Parallax 38 36% 41.9 fps	MRender 38.9 Gravity 38.7 Splatting 34.7 30% 37.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST1000DX001-1CM162 120GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 18641639 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -74423193304033 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 233 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 89 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 34 55836803100 (C2) HDA temperature 28 34 55836803100 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18641639 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18641639 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18641639 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1517 (EA) Unknown 0 0 807 (F1) Unknown 0 0 807 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1252 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4128798	45.3% Average	Read 422 Write 104 Mixed 143 48% 223 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 4.17 70% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 29.3 DQ Write 89 DQ Mixed 30.2 32% 49.5 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 90%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$45 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 866GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 134410144 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 239 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 486092 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 906 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 230 (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 70 63 571867166 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1655 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 55834574878 (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 -7713761262312 (F1) Unknown 100 253 234116600 (F2) Unknown 100 253 98986743237	92.9% Outstanding	Read 130 Write 193 Mixed 133 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 5.38 4K Mixed 1.02 250% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 27.7 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 34.3 SC Mixed 26.2 76% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 97%

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Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,011 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	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