MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98% 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	67.2% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '19 at 22:47
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 226 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 680 62% 522 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.1% 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) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 129 Parallax 101 98% 116 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 137 Splatting 111 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 237 173 171 60 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 406 Write 279 Mixed 274 SusWrite 152 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 23.7 117% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 117 97% 140 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 99%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 128GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 109 107 101 108 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 79.5 Write 92 Mixed 11 SusWrite 105 52% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 108%
WD WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0 8TB 5,351 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 7TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 183 185 189 176 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 193 Mixed 92.5 SusWrite 184 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 1 282% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 47,473 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	40.5% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 11.3 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 13.8 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 48%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $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