MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.3% 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	60.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171205
Uptime	7.4 Days
Run Date	May 21 '20 at 02:08
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 104 2-Core 263 84% 153 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 732 73% 595 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 108 90% 111 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 88 80 59 65 49 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 495 Write 110 Mixed 167 SusWrite 71.7 46% 211 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 16.3 109% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 89.2 DQ Mixed 30.1 45% 85.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 65%
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 105GB free Firmware: O0803B5a SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 198 93 77 108 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 451 Mixed 372 SusWrite 163 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 47.6 165% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 249 205% 294 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 95%
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$40 10,318 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 140GB free Firmware: S0614B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1271 924 287 151 149 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 1,456 Write 1442 Mixed 1,030 SusWrite 488 247% 1,104 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 207 4K Mixed 39.1 240% 99.8 MB/s	DQ Read 739 DQ Write 1,046 DQ Mixed 488 482% 758 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 248%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 128GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 267 266 266 266 267 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 439 Write 270 Mixed 303 SusWrite 267 72% 320 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 38.5 151% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 184 167% 254 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 91%
Hitachi HUS724040ALA640 4TB 1,620 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3.5TB free Firmware: MFAOAA70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 165 164 165 166 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 159 Mixed 101 SusWrite 165 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 175% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 97%
Seagate ST1000DL004 HD105SI 1TB 411 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 271GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 75 76 72 78 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 48 Write 32 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 72.7 37% 49.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 46,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 24.3 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 25.9 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 89%

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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 $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 $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) $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