MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	124% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '17 at 18:08
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 492 66% 492 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2302 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Lighting 77.8 Reflection 76.2 Parallax 67 63% 73.7 fps	MRender 80.4 Gravity 72 Splatting 69.3 60% 73.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 985 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 331 (B1) Unknown 99 99 25 (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 70 67 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 77 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11045549247	124% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 463 Mixed 472 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 53.1 195% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 135 159% 276 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 250GB 1,227 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 138GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 432 Write 408 Mixed 426 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 28.5 92% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 76.2 77% 125 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 75%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 907GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 164 6608 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1200 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 36304 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 540 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 247 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 2139146 (C2) HDA temperature 128 109 22 (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	44.8% Average	Read 78.5 Write 77.9 Mixed 73.2 58% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 0.28 4K Mixed 0.2 55% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 907GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 57092872 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3670 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 308971557 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 31662 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1582 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 61 387317783 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 77309411351 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 21 57092872 (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 -95893734781425 (F1) Unknown 100 253 469847782 (F2) Unknown 100 253 543325094	65.5% Good	Read 115 Write 113 Mixed 96.9 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.57 126% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$38 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 30.1 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 38.8 SC Mixed 31.5 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%

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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	178x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	153x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	25x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	79x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	51x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	39x

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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	44x
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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16