MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.6% 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	80.8% 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 SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '17 at 17:57
Run Duration	496 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 139 2-Core 270 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 729 73% 596 Pts	64-Core 735 46% 735 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.6% Very good	Lighting 97.3 Reflection 109 Parallax 93 79% 99.8 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 89.6 Splatting 98.4 77% 93.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 896 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 360 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 79 (AD) Unknown 100 100 852007 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 130 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2284	80.8% Excellent	Read 514 Write 329 Mixed 345 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 10.1 102% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 43.9 91% 187 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 91%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free Firmware: 9300 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 111 Write 116 Mixed 86.5 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.54 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.13 104% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 67%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 214GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1854 (03) Spinup time 178 174 2075 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8073 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9351 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7782 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 2044 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 342 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 41393 (C2) HDA temperature 113 76 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 88 88 8901 (F1) Unknown 200 200 43203920376 (F2) Unknown 200 200 58818931355 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	37.3% Below average	Read 73.8 Write 56.4 Mixed 57.6 47% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.07 4K Write 0.65 4K Mixed 0.03 18% 0.25 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 106GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 182275549 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 528 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22409519 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 865 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 308 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 62 538378272 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 535 (C2) HDA temperature 32 7 30064771104 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 182275549 (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 123304216101725 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8805501594 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9642624280	77.7% Very good	Read 143 Write 128 Mixed 140 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.29 86% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 112%
Verbatim STORE N GO 8GB 7,781 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	4.17% Terrible	Read 15.3 Write 4.04 Mixed 1.9 6% 7.07 MB/s	4K Read 4.13 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 17% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.17% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.6% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.5 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 12.2 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 104%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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