MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


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 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.5% 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	121% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	60.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1824 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '16 at 04:37
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	PRI-User
Background CPU	21%

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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 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 (99^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 284 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 816 80% 654 Pts	64-Core 808 50% 808 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 115 Parallax 97 85% 105 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 100 81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Triactor 480GB-$150 1,840 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 320GB free Firmware: P0330AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^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 8 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 36 (A3) Unknown 100 100 695 (94) Unknown 100 100 6351 (95) Unknown 100 100 105 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 83 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2999 (A5) Unknown 100 100 6 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37530080968733 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 23932 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17108 (F5) Unknown 100 100 35425 (F6) Unknown 100 100 25404 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	79.9% Very good	Read 494 Write 244 Mixed 267 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 24.7 117% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 45.9 85% 172 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 21 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 61 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 219597497	121% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 499 Mixed 512 114% 510 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 43.4 179% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 125 153% 269 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 465GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 977 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6495 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 890 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 912 (C2) HDA temperature 110 91 33 (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	88% Excellent	Read 176 Write 131 Mixed 132 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.24 97% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBR 4x16GB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2520 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 26.2 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 34.9 SC Mixed 26.7 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 93%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	175x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	152x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	25x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	79x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	51x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	38x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	17x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	16x
Solid State Disk 128GBSpccBench 69%, 14,793 samples	12x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	43x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	16x
F4 DDR4 3733 C17 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 97%, 572 samples	16x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16