MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	40.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '17 at 14:50
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$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 (84^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 246 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 685 68% 552 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 202 Parallax 195 148% 193 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 178 Splatting 128 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 168GB free Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 69 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 664 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 30 (A3) Unknown 100 100 304 (94) Unknown 100 100 12522 (95) Unknown 100 100 197 (96) Unknown 100 100 19 (97) Unknown 100 100 177 (A4) Unknown 100 100 5560 (A5) Unknown 100 100 23 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 55 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37551438233627 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15581 (F2) Unknown 100 100 64997 (F5) Unknown 100 100 32838 (F6) Unknown 100 100 25044 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	78.6% Very good	Read 491 Write 254 Mixed 273 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 24.1 109% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 46.6 87% 177 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 91%
Intel 320 Series 80GB-$60 4,402 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 31836 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1056 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 483 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 148 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 542687 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 6117 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 40 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 1910213 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 95 95 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 542687 (F2) Unknown 100 100 364126	40.9% Average	Read 252 Write 87.8 Mixed 130 34% 157 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 40.1 4K Mixed 14.6 70% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 58.5 DQ Mixed 30.2 42% 79.7 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 45%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 463GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 169 6075 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2619 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5633 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 821 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 77 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 37337 (C2) HDA temperature 123 117 27 (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	72.3% Very good	Read 137 Write 115 Mixed 115 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.25 98% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 83%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 290GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 140 3875 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3356 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 39861 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1392 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 151 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3204 (C2) HDA temperature 116 92 27 (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	42.4% Average	Read 76.8 Write 70.9 Mixed 68.7 54% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.29 80% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 60%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 134GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 170 2150 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2405 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18606 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 981 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2311 (C2) HDA temperature 117 107 26 (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	91.4% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 139 Mixed 165 122% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.33 125% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GB 17,846 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	69.1% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 20.2 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 22.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 86%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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