MSI Z170A-S02 (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	116% 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	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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-S02 (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	21.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	15.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '21 at 19:30
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 235 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 706 72% 583 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1566 MHz, MLim: 1877 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 131 Parallax 125 89% 122 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 110 Splatting 104 88% 108 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 501GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 469 360 397 335 217 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 473 Mixed 391 SusWrite 373 96% 424 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 57.2 188% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 349 266% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 189 191 185 189 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 185 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 188 107% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 4x8GB 3,364 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.6 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 24.3 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 96%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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 $55Bench 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: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $413

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 $45	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