MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.5% 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	159% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 months ago, 5 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171205
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '23 at 18:21
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 248 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 689 71% 572 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-$330 20,866 User benchmarks, average bench 86% PowerColor(148C 2413) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.20.27.09 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.5% Excellent	Lighting 81.1 Reflection 125 Parallax 159 66% 122 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 86 Splatting 142 111% 136 fps
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$40 10,318 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0614B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 691 313 913 792 393 251 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,438 Write 1,362 Mixed 526 SusWrite 559 216% 971 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 21.3 121% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 736 DQ Write 693 DQ Mixed 491 430% 640 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 248%
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 168GB free Firmware: O0803B5a SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 230 77 105 98 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 485 Write 428 Mixed 367 SusWrite 163 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 42.5 143% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 251 207% 296 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 95%
Crucial M500 240GB-$79 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 70GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 197 188 177 168 165 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 409 Write 258 Mixed 290 SusWrite 188 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 33.4 124% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 184 168% 257 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 91%
Hitachi HUS724040ALA640 4TB 1,620 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3.5TB free Firmware: MFAOAA70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 164 165 164 165 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 167 Mixed 91.9 SusWrite 164 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 171% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 97%
Seagate ST1000DL004 HD105SI 1TB 411 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 271GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 74 76 74 75 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 79.5 Write 31.4 Mixed 58.2 SusWrite 75.1 45% 61.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 175% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.5% 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 as expected (58^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 24.4 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 31.6 SC Mixed 23.3 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.9% 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 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	47	12	240	24.5"	1280 720	DELA1C2 DELL S2522HG

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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	178x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	153x
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	39x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 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: $452

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16