MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.6% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '17 at 17:10
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 269 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 522 64% 489 Pts	64-Core 494 31% 494 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.9.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Lighting 80.3 Reflection 57.5 Parallax 105 65% 80.8 fps	MRender 58.4 Gravity 76.9 Splatting 74.9 58% 70.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 517GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1794 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 729 (A5) Unknown 100 100 73035153669 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 40 (A8) Unknown 100 100 11 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1347 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 100 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 66 283468955680 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 317829414986 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2144 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5367 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4935 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6236 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	65.6% Good	Read 441 Write 277 Mixed 230 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 10.9 69% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 36.6 84% 177 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 107%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 750GB-$125 23,438 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 517GB free Firmware: JA2OA700 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 176 176 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1545 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 3255 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1542 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3801133 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 28456 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 176094248986 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	56.5% Above average	Read 101 Write 96.2 Mixed 94.1 73% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.2 71% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 57%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 462GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 168 2358 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1726 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4902 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1717 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1607 (C2) HDA temperature 112 106 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	95.2% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 169 Mixed 150 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.32 115% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSB.16FARG 1315 BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 16GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 25.9 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 24.5 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 84%

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Typical Z170A SLI (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 426 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	174x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	152x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	25x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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