MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (54%). 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	2.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160427
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '16 at 19:11
Run Duration	289 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 57.4 2-Core 282 78% 146 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 745 75% 608 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% MSI(1462 2600) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 15% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 262GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 186 6566 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 999 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1021 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 749 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 139 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5735 (C2) HDA temperature 118 87 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 3	32.1% Below average	Read 58.3 Write 53.2 Mixed 9.03 29% 40.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.23 70% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 57%
Seagate ST250DM001 HD253GJ 250GB 492 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 84 81 5052 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3307 (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 3638 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1918 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 45 236223791134 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 64 1 19221 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 283 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3488	57.5% Above average	Read 92.4 Write 108 Mixed 70.5 67% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.33 93% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB-$54 24,309 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 114GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 98 114593769 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7827 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4546108374 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4776 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3883 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 153 (BC) Unknown 100 96 124555952193 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 48 487653403 (C2) HDA temperature 27 52 38654705691 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 56 47 114593769 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 187 2215 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -126164664308920 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1659562501 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3055775232	48.9% Average	Read 86.6 Write 83.7 Mixed 25.9 48% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.44 98% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 58%
Seagate ST250DM001 HD253GJ 250GB 492 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 46GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 84 83 5076 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1817 (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 2023 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1477 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 13 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 40 257698824218 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 20 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2014 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1967	75.3% Very good	Read 122 Write 141 Mixed 69.4 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 3.28 4K Mixed 0.58 154% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 76%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 148GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 63 Write 85.1 Mixed 56.1 90% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.21 58% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown GY3000D464L15S/8G 1x8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 14.5 54% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.9 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 46.9 85% 46.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 56%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	395x
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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	77x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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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Total price: $519

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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