MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	133% 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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2715 x 1527 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '17 at 02:39
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 146 2-Core 294 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 577 8-Core 583 78% 580 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 78.7 Parallax 67.8 64% 74.8 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 71.2 Splatting 72.2 59% 71.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung Portable SSD T3 250GB 1,227 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 220GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 437 Write 420 Mixed 432 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 29.3 97% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 76 77% 124 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 75%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 353 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 131 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 67 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 20 (F1) Unknown 99 99 928816400	133% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 490 Mixed 487 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 58.7 218% 80.2 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 134 161% 282 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 918GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 204253327 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2862 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 308807533 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 31470 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1394 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 61 505217053 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 77309411357 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 21 204253327 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 96641059162695 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2112329628 (F2) Unknown 100 253 75922072	68% Good	Read 122 Write 115 Mixed 101 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.58 122% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 68%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 907GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 165 6391 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 498 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35674 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 354 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 200 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 2137182 (C2) HDA temperature 124 109 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	42% Average	Read 73.7 Write 72.8 Mixed 79.9 57% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.18 55% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$78 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.6% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 21.9 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 22.7 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 107%

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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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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