MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	117% 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.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '18 at 14:07
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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-$130 342,244 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 (94^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 234 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 453 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 74.5 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 73.8 61% 75 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 70.7 Splatting 73.7 59% 72 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 297 285 253 256 263 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 420 Mixed 375 SusWrite 289 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 63 216% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 316 238% 320 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 75GB free Firmware: O1230C SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 54 56 56 57 56 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 459 Write 348 Mixed 341 SusWrite 95.4 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 46.4 166% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 220 178% 250 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 260GB free Firmware: SBFKB1C2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 181 256 285 208 350 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	32.2% Below average	Read 142 Write 91 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 267 33% 146 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 19.8 4K Mixed 8.1 31% 11.6 MB/s	DQ Read 13.7 DQ Write 16.2 DQ Mixed 13.1 10% 14.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 102%
Sandisk SD7TB3Q-256G-1006 256GB 3,659 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 14GB free Firmware: X2180306 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 426 Write 377 Mixed 244 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 40.6 161% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 146 140% 222 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 98%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 160 164 163 163 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 147 Mixed 40 SusWrite 162 92% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 47GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 110 110 106 103 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 136 Write 126 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 108 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 112%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 89GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 73 73 73 73 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 96.2 Write 90.7 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 72.3 53% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 62%
ASMT 2105 1TB 1,332 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 111GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 65 65 65 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 65.3 Write 69.7 Mixed 31 SusWrite 64.8 77% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C15D4/8G 859B CT8G4DFS8213.M8FB 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 22.2 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 73%

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Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	393x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	77x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	40x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16