MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	6.74% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	21.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '19 at 03:29
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	79%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 196 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 495 53% 424 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3732) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 115 Parallax 0.09 100% 79.3 fps	MRender 145 Gravity 124 Splatting 97 97% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56 10,555 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFZ10.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 9 94 12 63 87 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	6.74% Terrible	Read 51 Write 29.7 Mixed 10 SusWrite 56.5 8% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 0.5 4% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 6.74% Great: 89%
PNY CS1311 960GB-$195 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 149GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 439 416 191 167 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 473 Write 462 Mixed 384 SusWrite 287 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 33.1 115% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 208 192% 296 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 950GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 175 173 180 180 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 149 Mixed 39 SusWrite 176 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 166% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 32GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2600, 2600, 2600, 2600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 25.2 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 31.6 SC Mixed 22.7 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 89%

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

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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 $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 $300	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