MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '20 at 19:25
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 224 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 626 67% 534 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3062) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 122 Parallax 137 101% 128 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 113 Splatting 103 104% 131 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1230C Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 511 Write 405 Mixed 327 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 38.7 131% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 236 193% 273 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 91%
Adata SP600 64GB 663 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 56GB free Firmware: 5.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 178 179 178 179 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 498 Write 180 Mixed 209 SusWrite 176 58% 266 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 40.8 156% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 121 119% 192 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 146GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 185 186 182 182 182 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 118 Write 90 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 172 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 16GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 11 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 12.9 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 78%

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Typical Z170A SLI (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 427 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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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 $130Bench 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 $245Bench 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 $37Bench 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

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $443

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16