MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.6% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	19.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171205
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '20 at 18:05
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 106 2-Core 212 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 387 54% 400 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 77.6 Reflection 75.1 Parallax 66.5 63% 73.1 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 72 Splatting 73.4 59% 71.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCT-256M3S 2.5 7mm 256GB 2,208 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: VRDC SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 314 286 357 287 292 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 429 Write 348 Mixed 269 SusWrite 302 76% 337 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 78.4 4K Mixed 36.9 132% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 170 135% 194 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 94%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 351GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 444 Write 427 Mixed 411 95% 427 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 42.5 4K Mixed 32.1 102% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 49.3 91% 183 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 97%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB 2,004 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 510GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 397 462 469 478 479 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 475 Mixed 429 SusWrite 437 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 64.4 212% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 361 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 129%
WD WD5000AVDS-63U7B1 500GB 24,608 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 465GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 88 87 88 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 84.2 Write 82 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 87.2 59% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3600C16-8GVKC 04CD F4-3600C16-8GVKC 04CD F4-3600C17-8GVK 24GB 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.8% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 21.7 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 21.1 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns

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Gaming 69%

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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 $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 $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

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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