MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	54.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '16 at 04:31
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	PRI-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 250 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 719 70% 577 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 146 Parallax 124 111% 136 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 131 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 413GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 637 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 170 (A5) Unknown 100 100 14024882 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 52 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1323 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 33 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 64 274879676457 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 214749282354 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1932 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3656 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3378 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2362 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	54.2% Above average	Read 328 Write 199 Mixed 211 54% 246 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 49.2 4K Mixed 11.2 70% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 24.7 64% 138 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 107%
Seagate Desktop HDD 5TB (2015)-$634 281 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 217624112 (03) Spinup time 87 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 624 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14472000 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 433 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 129 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590131203 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 55 45 757071917 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 417 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1005 (C2) HDA temperature 45 55 94489280557 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 83 47 217624112 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 46746424050047 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11752659596 (F2) Unknown 100 253 124624449093	65.1% Good	Read 119 Write 108 Mixed 116 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.15 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.13 36% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 116%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 31.6 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 27.5 78% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 106%

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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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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