MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 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	86% 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	47.9% 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 (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161021
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '17 at 02:34
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 87.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 270 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 520 65% 494 Pts	64-Core 494 31% 494 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.9% 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: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 119 Parallax 102 88% 110 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 101 Splatting 98.7 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 78GB free Firmware: V2.7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4244 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 159 (A1) Unknown 100 100 0 (A4) Unknown 100 100 31494 (A5) Unknown 100 100 23 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 16 (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 48 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2216 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2537 (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	74.4% Very good	Read 497 Write 384 Mixed 430 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 3.28 91% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 3.9 42% 95.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 99%
Sandisk SD8SBBU120G1122 120GB 2,087 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3106000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 4362 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 466 (A5) Unknown 100 100 9582224738567 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 29 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12 (AE) Unknown 100 100 223 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 33 287762808882 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3307136615170 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1512 (EA) Unknown 100 100 10958 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4181 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4127 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	47.9% Average	Read 506 Write 44.5 Mixed 203 54% 251 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 1.69 76% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 33.8 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 5.49 32% 69 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 67%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 595GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 125 125 25789595953 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 807 (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 100 100 5362 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 529 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1202 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1202 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 236224249891 (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	88% Excellent	Read 148 Write 159 Mixed 150 115% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.23 83% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88% 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	39.7% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.3 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 10.6 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 86%

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Typical Z170A SLI (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 427 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	175x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	152x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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