MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% 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	77.9% 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.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '21 at 18:39
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 142 2-Core 292 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 523 71% 528 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2952 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (142 fps cap detected)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 142 Parallax 143 115% 142 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 142 Splatting 127 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 141 146 149 144 143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 313 Write 210 Mixed 230 SusWrite 146 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 40.3 157% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 149 123% 175 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 11GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 78 64 67 68 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 236 Write 124 Mixed 177 SusWrite 72.2 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 32.9 149% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 93.4 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 104 80% 108 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 73%
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$75 52,084 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 585GB free Firmware: P2CR031 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1506 1461 56 63 278 50 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1077 Write 1,686 Mixed 1,242 SusWrite 569 259% 1,144 MB/s	4K Read 54.7 4K Write 211 4K Mixed 81.3 299% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 712 DQ Write 1,462 DQ Mixed 861 719% 1,012 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 299%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 152 154 153 154 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 150 Mixed 101 SusWrite 153 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 136 136 137 131 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 82.8 Write 121 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 134 72% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.5 190% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 33 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 29.9 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 115%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $230Bench 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 $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 $43Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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) $37	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