MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.5% 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	51% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '17 at 18:48
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 (89^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 131 2-Core 256 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 677 70% 563 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6170) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2174 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.5% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 116 Parallax 101 84% 107 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 101 82% 99.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 82GB free Firmware: V2.7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6454 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 267 (A1) Unknown 100 100 0 (A4) Unknown 100 100 42431 (A5) Unknown 100 100 33 (A6) Unknown 100 100 8 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3486 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2760 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0 (FB) Unknown 100 100 0 (FC) Unknown 100 100 0 (FD) Unknown 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	71.5% Very good	Read 495 Write 384 Mixed 429 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 3.08 82% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 98.6 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 3.91 40% 92.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 99%
Sandisk SD8SBBU120G1122 120GB 2,087 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3106000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 6533 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 574 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12988185906213 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 35 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 277 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 33 287762808867 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4449601061900 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1911 (EA) Unknown 100 100 14805 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5430 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6097 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	51% Above average	Read 502 Write 19.4 Mixed 242 55% 255 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 6.97 79% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 3.56 49% 115 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 67%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 427GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 127 127 25788743988 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1298 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7600 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 628 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1697 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1697 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 236224053277 (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	94.3% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 168 Mixed 159 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.21 84% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GB 17,846 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 11 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 12.3 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 86%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	177x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	152x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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	38x

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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	43x
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: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $439

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16