MSI Z170A-S02 (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (29%). 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.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-S02 (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '20 at 20:28
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 243 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 668 69% 554 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 8702) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 114 Parallax 132 102% 124 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 115 Splatting 102 103% 130 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 303 282 292 259 139 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 433 Mixed 353 SusWrite 269 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 48.8 176% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 354 266% 355 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Hua721010kla330 43W7625 42C0400IBM 1TB 284 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 64GB free Firmware: GKAOAB4A SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 45 45 45 45 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 54.8 Write 54.3 Mixed 41.8 SusWrite 44.5 36% 48.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 47%
1,954 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 6GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.9 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.8 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	6.66% Terrible	Read 21.8 Write 9.3 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 8.6 13% 11.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 26% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.66% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 4x4GB 3,384 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2267 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.7% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 21.2 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 20 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 87%

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

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Typical Z170A-S02 (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 71 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 67%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A-S02 (MS-7998)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	23x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	19x
Core i5-6400Intel $74Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	12x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	10x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	8x

SSD
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $130Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	19x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 4x8GBCorsairBench 74%, 3,364 samples	6x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x4GBCorsairBench 68%, 12,708 samples	5x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $488

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16