MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	6.95% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	68% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171205
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '18 at 01:41
Run Duration	90 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 35.5 1-Core 151 2-Core 307 81% 164 Pts	4-Core 591 8-Core 604 80% 598 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 5,568 User benchmarks, average bench 6% MSI(1462 1170) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	6.95% Terrible	Lighting 9.33 Reflection 9.27 Parallax 3.31 8% 7.31 fps	MRender 7.95 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 6.13 6% 7.06 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.95% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 4754 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1921 (A5) Unknown 100 100 9539274344704 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 37 (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 100 100 130 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 36 274877906989 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3298551530240 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4276 (EA) Unknown 100 100 21577 (F1) Unknown 253 253 9017 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8136 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	68% Good	Read 484 Write 286 Mixed 338 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 3.87 75% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 5.22 69% 160 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	63.8% Good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.3 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 3.9 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 6.2 23% 8 GB/s	Latency 224 18% 224 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 81%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	178x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	153x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	25x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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 $330Bench 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: 74% - Very good

Total price: $590

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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