MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.4% 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	194% 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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171205
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '21 at 15:52
Run Duration	293 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 240 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 738 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 733 45% 733 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 115 Parallax 105 88% 109 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 105 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$40 10,318 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0614B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 667 419 572 62 594 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,500 Write 1,438 Mixed 948 SusWrite 411 240% 1,074 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 38.3 236% 97.7 MB/s	DQ Read 743 DQ Write 1,048 DQ Mixed 488 483% 760 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 248%
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 58GB free Firmware: O0803B5a SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 238 83 106 93 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 389 Mixed 337 SusWrite 157 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 47.8 171% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 249 205% 292 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 95%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 201GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 264 267 268 267 264 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 417 Write 265 Mixed 287 SusWrite 265 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 38 151% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 184 168% 258 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 91%
Hitachi HUS724040ALA640 4TB 1,620 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3.5TB free Firmware: MFAOAA70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 164 165 165 166 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 163 Mixed 92.4 SusWrite 164 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 175% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 97%
Seagate ST1000DL004 HD105SI 1TB 411 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 271GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 75 75 76 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 80.7 Write 29.4 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 75 39% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 46,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 24.5 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 32.7 SC Mixed 25.4 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 89%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 2: 0R 0G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
2%	33%	6	105	0	60	27"	2560 1440	DPL2700 DP

History: Score 23: 3R 1G 5B | Score 42: 4R 5G 7B | Score 2: 0R 0G 2B

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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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 $242Bench 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 $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