MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	38.7% 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	54.4% 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.

High background CPU (24%). 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150906
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '15 at 03:07
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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-$120 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 148 2-Core 284 99% 216 Pts	4-Core 581 8-Core 580 78% 580 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 57% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3966) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5850 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Lighting 50.9 Reflection 48.1 Parallax 41.9 42% 47 fps	MRender 39.8 Gravity 43.5 Splatting 39.1 33% 40.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1439 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2092 (B1) Unknown 97 97 30 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 63 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 122 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4307507278	54.4% Above average	Read 480 Write 132 Mixed 133 54% 248 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 8.03 88% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 22.1 DQ Write 80.5 DQ Mixed 25.1 27% 42.6 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 622GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 101088568 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2584 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6224519 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1705 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2038 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 73 62 4765974555 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14328 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 -140737488355301 (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 121453085197154 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6046095043 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6199937793	106% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 170 Mixed 167 134% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.29 88% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%
Samsung HM501II 500GB-$100 1,070 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 353GB free Firmware: 2AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2297 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 90 2681 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2760 (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 3201 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 344 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2475 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2912 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 35496 (C2) HDA temperature 64 50 214749216791 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 98 98 173 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2973 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 2673 (F1) Unknown 95 94 7113697 (F2) Unknown 99 94 1377372 (FE) Unknown 100 100 1	39.8% Below average	Read 70.9 Write 67.9 Mixed 69.5 52% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.34 75% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 46%
Samsung HD080HJ/P 80GB-$25 1,814 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 63GB free Firmware: ZH100-34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 4288 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6333 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 40886 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2881 (BE) vendor-specific 133 82 35 (C2) HDA temperature 133 82 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 38318 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	24.4% Poor	Read 41.5 Write 43 Mixed 40.1 31% 41.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.43 99% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 33%
LaCie P9210 32GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 18GB free, PID 1069, porche lacie Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Read 91.7 Write 22.5 Mixed 35.7 51% 50 MB/s	4K Read 5.88 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.33 45% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 21%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	397x
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	314x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	104x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	127x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	88x
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 $137Bench 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 $45Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	35x

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MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING (MS-7984)

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