MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	292% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '19 at 03:29
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (97^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 260 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 724 72% 586 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 194 Parallax 174 151% 185 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 188 Splatting 129 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$60 15,626 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1231 1310 1424 1499 1272 221 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	292% Outstanding	Read 2,322 Write 1,408 Mixed 1,200 SusWrite 1,160 339% 1,522 MB/s	4K Read 54.5 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 78.8 262% 93.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1004 DQ Write 1,092 DQ Mixed 819 680% 972 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 292% Great: 333%
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$82 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 477GB free Firmware: P0801A SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 428 450 454 452 450 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 449 Mixed 405 SusWrite 441 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 42.1 146% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 144 134% 201 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 127%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 370GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 113 108 105 102 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 140 Write 74 Mixed 58 SusWrite 102 68% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 166% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 2,108 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 30.1 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 40.5 SC Mixed 25.8 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 115%

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

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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 $241Bench 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 $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 $178	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) $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