MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	89.1% 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	52.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

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	20171205
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 01:01
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	93%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 2.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	53.1% Above average	Memory 62.2 1-Core 56.5 2-Core 136 49% 84.8 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 262 34% 258 Pts	64-Core 306 19% 306 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 53.1% 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: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 119 Parallax 102 90% 111 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 101 Splatting 107 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 191GB free Firmware: V2.7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7181 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 347 (A1) Unknown 100 100 0 (A4) Unknown 100 100 44900 (A5) Unknown 100 100 34 (A6) Unknown 100 100 9 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (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 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3759 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2838 (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	73.5% Very good	Read 495 Write 383 Mixed 431 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 3.27 89% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 98.6 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 3.75 40% 92.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 99%
Sandisk SD8SBBU120G1122 120GB 2,087 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3106000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 7245 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 652 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3187090001213 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 36 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 17 (AE) Unknown 100 100 333 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 33 287762808875 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4849034200169 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2062 (EA) Unknown 100 100 16282 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5879 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6773 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	52.5% Above average	Read 504 Write 39.3 Mixed 35.1 40% 193 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 2.07 92% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.1 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 2.39 36% 78.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 67%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 425GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 126 126 17200185635 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1499 (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 8340 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 701 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1898 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1898 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 236224053280 (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	93% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 170 Mixed 161 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.22 93% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 93% 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 way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	35.5% Below average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 11.1 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 8.6 24% 8.23 GB/s	Latency 121 33% 121 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 86%

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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 $241Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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