MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	53.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89.1% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '16 at 21:01
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 708 74% 591 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% PowerColor(148C 2358) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.300.2511.1003 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Lighting 66.1 Reflection 59.2 Parallax 75.1 54% 66.8 fps	MRender 59.2 Gravity 53.6 Splatting 75.6 53% 62.8 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 820GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1179 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 228 (A5) Unknown 100 100 10223745 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 62 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1114 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 274879086628 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 154618822692 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 743 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2662 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2329 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1552 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	81.9% Excellent	Read 478 Write 233 Mixed 236 69% 316 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 20.1 122% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 30.7 93% 205 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 107%
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 60 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 15 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 56 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 236557773	89.1% Excellent	Read 489 Write 267 Mixed 273 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 27.6 137% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 61.9 105% 209 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 110%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: MN6OA5Q0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 95 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 100 86 (03) Spinup time 135 100 34387460521 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2514 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 100 26 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17993 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2171 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 99 99 131071 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 687253159937 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 52 388235299 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2514 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2514 (C2) HDA temperature 171 127 206159413283 (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	84.8% Excellent	Read 144 Write 151 Mixed 118 103% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.4 112% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 5,199 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	73% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 20.6 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 22.3 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 80%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	175x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	152x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	16x
F4 DDR4 3733 C17 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 97%, 572 samples	16x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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