MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	288% 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	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

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

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	7.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '17 at 18:11
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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-$130 342,244 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 (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 267 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 533 71% 531 Pts	64-Core 532 33% 532 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Lighting 83.8 Reflection 82.5 Parallax 71 68% 79.1 fps	MRender 74.3 Gravity 76.9 Splatting 74.9 62% 75.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	288% Outstanding	Read 2,360 Write 1,641 Mixed 1,775 427% 1,925 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 63.9 233% 94.3 MB/s	DQ Read 573 DQ Write 406 DQ Mixed 221 238% 400 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 288% Great: 353%
Sandisk SD8SBBU120G1122 120GB 2,087 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 110GB free Firmware: Z3106000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 616 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 120 (A5) Unknown 100 100 790290235628 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 38 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 44 240518168619 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 335009284174 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 239 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1107 (F1) Unknown 253 253 563 (F2) Unknown 253 253 609 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	79.2% Very good	Read 492 Write 382 Mixed 440 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 6.58 96% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 7.34 64% 145 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 67%
Seagate Desktop HDD 1TB (2013) 2,070 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 808GB free Firmware: CC91 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 160327360 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7340 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 56 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 106526244 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12244 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2735 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 8590065667 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 46 622264347 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 363 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5628 (C2) HDA temperature 27 54 51539607579 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 99 160327360 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -49052821475392 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1624284685 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1407278975	67.4% Good	Read 119 Write 116 Mixed 110 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.54 128% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2800 C14 4x4GB 1,174 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 32.1 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 38.9 SC Mixed 28.8 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 113%

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Typical Z170A SLI (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 429 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	177x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	152x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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	38x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	43x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	16x
F4 DDR4 3733 C17 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 97%, 572 samples	16x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16