MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	108% 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.
Boot Drive	112% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	21.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '16 at 21:43
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$59 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 156 2-Core 312 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 618 8-Core 619 83% 619 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 153 Parallax 130 116% 142 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 136 Splatting 111 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$110 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 877GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 32 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 12 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 68 56 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2276166126	112% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 405 Mixed 411 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 44.2 173% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 113 141% 251 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 822GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 173 2141 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 128 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 254 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 81 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 229 (C2) HDA temperature 115 109 28 (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	98.1% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 176 Mixed 160 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.86 4K Mixed 0.29 138% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14/8G KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2133C14/8G 24GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 24.7 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 78%

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Typical Z170A SLI (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 434 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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	178x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	154x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	25x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	80x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	51x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	39x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	17x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $330Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	16x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	44x
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: 74% - Very good

Total price: $590

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