MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	236% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

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.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	22.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '16 at 19:18
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 149 2-Core 297 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 593 8-Core 594 79% 594 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Lighting 80.9 Reflection 86.3 Parallax 75.5 66% 80.9 fps	MRender 79.4 Gravity 72.7 Splatting 68 60% 73.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 2,112 Write 909 Mixed 1,142 304% 1,388 MB/s	4K Read 54.7 4K Write 200 4K Mixed 47.8 250% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 656 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 194 223% 392 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 243%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$84 9,234 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 512GB free Firmware: ST6OA3BF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 113 (03) Spinup time 188 188 25789727025 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 11844 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6886 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 10012 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 12124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 12124 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 249109086236 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	58.4% Above average	Read 106 Write 97.3 Mixed 110 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.39 110% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-4GVR 04CD F4-2400C15-4GVR 04CD F4-2400C15-8GVR 04CD F4-2400C15-8GVR 24GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 30 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 27.7 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 94%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	178x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	153x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $48Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $489

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16