MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	67.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	20160222
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '17 at 14:21
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 209 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 652 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 80%

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: 382.53 Relative performance n/a - GPU benchmark error
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3472 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 333 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 124 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2293822 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 65 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10042	67.4% Good	Read 410 Write 270 Mixed 299 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 9.59 85% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 46.5 86% 173 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 97%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 953GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 176 5908 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1130 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2049 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 260 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19299 (C2) HDA temperature 125 113 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	77.9% Very good	Read 140 Write 131 Mixed 116 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.24 92% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 62GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 19056 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2588 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 840 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 106619391 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7880 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1073 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 57 437583898 (C2) HDA temperature 26 43 60129542170 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 22 19056 (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 -72108205926049 (F1) Unknown 100 253 745662714 (F2) Unknown 100 253 240690115	48% Average	Read 84.1 Write 83.4 Mixed 78.4 62% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.42 77% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 1,820 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.8% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.2 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 20.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 115%

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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 $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