MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	21.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '20 at 07:17
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 129 2-Core 237 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 506 68% 508 Pts	64-Core 486 30% 486 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$300 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 8D95) CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3204 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Lighting 83.4 Reflection 77.4 Parallax 83.8 68% 81.5 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 75.8 Splatting 59 56% 69.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 32 128 16 37 119 MB/s Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49.6% Average	Read 146 Write 95.4 Mixed 209 SusWrite 65.1 29% 129 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 26.2 102% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 110 106% 166 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 100%
SK hynix SC311 SATA 256GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 149GB free Firmware: 70000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 225 227 231 232 232 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 446 Mixed 411 SusWrite 263 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 82.7 4K Mixed 41.2 141% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 166 176% 290 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 97%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 95GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 78 78 82 82 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 77.2 Write 78.8 Mixed 53.9 SusWrite 78 53% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2520 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.6% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 27.4 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 114%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z170A SLI (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 431 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	178x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	153x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	25x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	79x
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 $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	16x
Solid State Disk 128GBSpccBench 69%, 14,793 samples	12x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16