MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	19.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.3% 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.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161021
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '21 at 22:48
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 245 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 660 66% 539 Pts	64-Core 679 42% 679 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Gigabyte(1458 2015) CLim: 1015 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Lighting 23.9 Reflection 29.1 Parallax 31.6 20% 28.2 fps	MRender 24.4 Gravity 23.7 Splatting 23.3 19% 23.8 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 512GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 78 79 82 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 510 Write 478 Mixed 318 SusWrite 79 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 23.9 124% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 91.1 DQ Mixed 112 91% 133 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 121%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 104GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 246 248 217 187 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 360 Write 214 Mixed 174 SusWrite 215 54% 241 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 21.8 130% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 56.8 104% 211 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 85%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 82GB free Firmware: 5.07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 102 102 102 101 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 158 Write 122 Mixed 138 SusWrite 102 29% 130 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 34.3 145% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 97.8 82% 119 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 61%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 135GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 76 79 78 78 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 78.7 Write 75.1 Mixed 58.6 SusWrite 77.6 54% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 924GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 175 177 180 173 178 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 134 Write 121 Mixed 73.9 SusWrite 174 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 89% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 24.9 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 25.9 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 88%

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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	174x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	152x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	25x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	78x
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