MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING R6 SIEGE (MS-7A11)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	92.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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-7A11
Motherboard	MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING R6 SIEGE (MS-7A11) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170503
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '18 at 03:07
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 771 80% 641 Pts	64-Core 774 48% 774 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.24 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 189 Reflection 114 Parallax 98.6 154% 134 fps	Gravity 99.2 Splatting 102 89% 100 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 126GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 749 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 751 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 197 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393233 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 202 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2416	78.7% Very good	Read 498 Write 345 Mixed 352 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 10.3 91% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 48.1 96% 195 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 97%
Spcc M.2 SSD 120GB 688 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0627A0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 136 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 136 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 100 (A3) Unknown 100 100 12 (A4) Unknown 100 100 14127 (A5) Unknown 100 100 58 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 103 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 5763 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 27490 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14462 (F5) Unknown 100 100 29304	92.5% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 440 Mixed 479 105% 472 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 9 127% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 9.2 72% 163 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 300GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 168 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 467 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 526 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 466 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2088 (C2) HDA temperature 111 97 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	80.9% Excellent	Read 143 Write 139 Mixed 133 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.35 122% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 109%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 299GB free Firmware: AX002M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1023 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 6348 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 4106 (0A) Spinup retry count 226 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6336 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3396 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 224 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 34221 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219043332126 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 93 93 3064 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 261 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	43.2% Average	Read 75.2 Write 75.3 Mixed 71.8 56% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.18 64% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 62%
HGST HTS 545050A7E380 500GB 116 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 416GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 41 Write 42.7 Mixed 11 38% 31.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.17 54% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2400 CL16 8GB 2x8GB 2,791 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.4 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 24.1 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 84%

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING R6 SIEGE (MS-7A11)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	54x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	34x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	12x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	10x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	8x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	7x
BX200 480GBCrucial $160Bench 78%, 11,290 samples	4x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	6x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $480

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16