MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '20 at 08:34
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 82.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 232 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 482 67% 497 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1682 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.3% Very good	Lighting 115 Reflection 9.58 Parallax 0.59 94% 41.8 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 21.7 Splatting 0.26 27% 39.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 256GB-$29 2,279 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120000 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 505 Write 406 Mixed 339 92% 417 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 50 188% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 222 188% 278 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 99%
SanDisk SSD Plus 960GB-$90 2,663 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 185GB free Firmware: Z33110RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 406 226 103 128 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 453 Write 434 Mixed 384 SusWrite 227 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 23.4 130% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 34.9 82% 166 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GB 2,314 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.6% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 13.9 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 14.9 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 93%

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Typical Z170A SLI (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 427 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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 $250Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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