MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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, 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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 4 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '17 at 00:58
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 115 2-Core 230 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 447 55% 423 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1629 MHz, MLim: 1785 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Lighting 87.5 Reflection 94.6 Parallax 82.3 71% 88.1 fps	MRender 86.8 Gravity 81.3 Splatting 75.9 66% 81.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 414GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2653 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3168 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 106 (EB) Unknown 99 99 691 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13371583058	109% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 413 Mixed 421 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 46 167% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 105 120% 210 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLV256 256GB 8,369 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 225GB free Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 1,434 Write 302 Mixed 482 160% 739 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 32.5 169% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 476 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 134 155% 275 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 147%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 910GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 520 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1072 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 192 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16489 (C2) HDA temperature 115 106 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 511 (F1) Unknown 200 200 1335002966 (F2) Unknown 200 200 2157340108	106% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 178 Mixed 172 136% 180 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.34 128% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.M8FADM 1x4GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	45.5% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 12.3 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 13.4 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 48%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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