MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	93.5% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '21 at 03:30
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 228 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 508 56% 442 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% EVGA(3842 3755) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.63 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	110% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 191 Parallax 148 121% 163 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 112 Splatting 100 94% 117 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 142 138 149 136 138 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 425 Write 412 Mixed 365 SusWrite 163 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 48.6 164% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 264 220% 318 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 134%
PNY CS900 480GB-$42 17,946 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 79GB free Firmware: CS900212 SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 46 173 182 51 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 366 Write 395 Mixed 313 SusWrite 137 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 26.8 113% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 179 167% 254 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 202 198 196 201 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 161 Mixed 82.6 SusWrite 199 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 145 145 145 148 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 121 Mixed 73 SusWrite 146 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 105%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 510GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 160 156 157 160 159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 182 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 159 117% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GB 2,314 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	70.9% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 19.2 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 93%

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

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Typical Z170A SLI (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 427 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	175x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	152x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	16x
F4 DDR4 3733 C17 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 97%, 572 samples	16x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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