MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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.
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	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '23 at 02:13
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 228 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 573 61% 486 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6684) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 133 Parallax 125 106% 129 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 136 Splatting 116 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 456 Write 443 Mixed 335 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 33.1 122% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 203 188% 288 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 97%
WD WD2500BEKX-00B7WT0 250GB 141 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 28GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 78 77 77 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 70.5 Write 68.2 Mixed 49.3 SusWrite 77.4 49% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 50%
Hitachi HTS723232L9A360 320GB 1,522 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 27GB free Firmware: FC4OC30F SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 63 62 62 61 62 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 70 Write 64.5 Mixed 41.2 SusWrite 61.8 44% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 45%
Hitachi HDT725032VLA360 1TB 71GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 122 127 150 153 144 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 159 Write 130 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 135 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s

Hitachi HDT725032VLA360 320GB 4,752 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 96GB free Firmware: V54OA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 37 36 37 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	21% Poor	Read 36.4 Write 39 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 36.4 26% 34.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$39 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	MC Read 31 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 30.9 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 28.4 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 110%

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Typical Z170A SLI (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 431 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	178x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	153x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	25x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	79x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	51x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	39x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	44x
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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16