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

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	226% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	May 11 '19 at 06:53
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 219 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 434 60% 442 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$269 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC2) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 117 Parallax 111 100% 117 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 105 Splatting 86.7 87% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 558 319 319 316 314 314 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 2,009 Write 1,360 Mixed 510 SusWrite 357 233% 1,059 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 57.9 230% 90.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,209 DQ Write 1,219 DQ Mixed 774 702% 1,067 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 236%
TOSHIBA-TR200 480GB 11,560 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 253GB free Firmware: SBFA13.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 359 351 132 132 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 342 Mixed 346 SusWrite 249 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 36.3 143% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 190 172% 261 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 116 117 116 116 116 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	90% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 151 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 116 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 114%
TOSHIBA External HDD 500GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 291GB free, PID 0b0e Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 40 42 42 42 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	20% Poor	Read 36.3 Write 34.7 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 40.4 47% 34.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 5,708 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.7% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 21.8 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 20.2 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 109%

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Typical Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X (MS-7A11) Builds (Compare 1,581 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $598

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