MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	313% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	7.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '17 at 18:06
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 507 63% 482 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Lighting 84.4 Reflection 82.5 Parallax 70.8 69% 79.2 fps	MRender 74.4 Gravity 76.8 Splatting 75.7 62% 75.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	313% Outstanding	Read 2,603 Write 1,753 Mixed 1,635 442% 1,997 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 72.5 266% 99.6 MB/s	DQ Read 527 DQ Write 373 DQ Mixed 202 218% 367 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 313% Great: 353%
Sandisk SD8SBBU120G1122 120GB 2,087 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 110GB free Firmware: Z3106000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 616 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 120 (A5) Unknown 100 100 777405268204 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 38 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 44 240518168619 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 335009284174 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 239 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1103 (F1) Unknown 253 253 559 (F2) Unknown 253 253 607 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84.8% Excellent	Read 508 Write 394 Mixed 443 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 6.91 108% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 6.59 70% 162 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 67%
Seagate Desktop HDD 1TB (2013) 2,070 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 808GB free Firmware: CC91 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 158602482 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7340 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 56 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 106523605 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12243 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2735 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 8590065667 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 46 622264344 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 363 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5628 (C2) HDA temperature 24 54 51539607576 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 99 158602482 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -68517613260864 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1622127478 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1406358859	67.6% Good	Read 120 Write 116 Mixed 109 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.53 123% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2800 C14 4x4GB 1,174 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 32 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 27.2 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 56.7 71% 56.7 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 113%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z170A SLI (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 427 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	16x
F4 DDR4 3733 C17 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 97%, 572 samples	16x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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