MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	23.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '20 at 23:57
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th 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 (99^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 89 1-Core 136 2-Core 234 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 532 71% 532 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$300 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 8D95) CLim: 2310 MHz, MLim: 3204 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Lighting 85.5 Reflection 82.1 Parallax 86 70% 84.6 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 78.8 Splatting 60.9 57% 70.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 201 30 84 70 33 MB/s Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	57.6% Above average	Read 211 Write 109 Mixed 220 SusWrite 102 36% 161 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 29.1 115% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 116 105% 156 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 100%
SK hynix SC311 SATA 256GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 149GB free Firmware: 70000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 234 232 233 233 362 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 233 Mixed 373 SusWrite 283 77% 347 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 47 162% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 290 226% 307 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 97%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 99GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 74 74 77 76 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 88.3 Write 90.3 Mixed 57.1 SusWrite 74.1 57% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2520 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	82.6% Excellent	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 27.5 84% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 24.6 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 114%

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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%

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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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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