MSI Z170A-S02 (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-S02 (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	58.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '20 at 20:25
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	48%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 138 2-Core 266 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 783 78% 634 Pts	64-Core 799 49% 799 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37C2) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 113 Parallax 129 103% 123 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 124 Splatting 104 99% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,527 Write 1398 Mixed 1649 410% 1,858 MB/s	4K Read 65.1 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 88.8 300% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,455 DQ Write 1,214 DQ Mixed 1,310 988% 1,326 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 110GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 362 359 363 361 360 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 194 Mixed 253 SusWrite 359 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 16 131% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 89.6 111% 191 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 86%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 174 180 176 173 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 164 Mixed 21.6 SusWrite 174 95% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 146% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$88 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 220GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 96 99 102 99 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 99.6 Write 119 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 96.6 72% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 59% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK64GX4M2E3200C16 2x31.5GB 10,968 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 30.9 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 44.5 SC Mixed 30 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 113%

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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 $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	19x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	12x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	10x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	8x

SSD
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $42Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $401

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