MSI Z170A-S02 (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-S02 (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161021
Uptime	38.5 Days
Run Date	May 24 '20 at 23:10
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 80.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 244 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 418 50% 385 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 146 Parallax 120 105% 132 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 130 Splatting 102 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56 10,555 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFZ10.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 135 122 84 61 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 474 Write 331 Mixed 343 SusWrite 90.3 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 37.6 152% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 208 183% 272 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 244GB free Firmware: CC3D SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 80 80 80 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 83.5 Write 68.2 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 79.6 53% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 87 91 89 91 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 149 Write 138 Mixed 84 SusWrite 89.6 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 113%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 167 170 169 173 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 190 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 170 102% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2155 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.1% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 17.7 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 19.5 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 79.9 50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 88%

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Typical Z170A-S02 (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 71 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 67%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A-S02 (MS-7998)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	23x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	19x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	12x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	10x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	8x

SSD
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $55Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	19x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 4x8GBCorsairBench 74%, 3,364 samples	6x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x4GBCorsairBench 68%, 12,708 samples	5x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $413

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 $177	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) $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