MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 25% 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	54.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161021
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '20 at 00:58
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	65%

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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 i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Memory 68.2 1-Core 74 2-Core 151 57% 97.9 Pts	4-Core 235 8-Core 238 32% 237 Pts	64-Core 233 14% 233 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1386 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 69.2 Reflection 66.8 Parallax 84.2 56% 73.4 fps	MRender 64.8 Gravity 70.6 Splatting 55.6 51% 63.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 111 112 108 106 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 337 Write 121 Mixed 118 SusWrite 108 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 45.3 4K Mixed 14.8 70% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 49.8 81% 161 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 73%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 146 146 148 148 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 130 Write 127 Mixed 83.1 SusWrite 147 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA851U6CJR6N-VK 3x4GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.4% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 15.2 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 12.2 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 58%

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

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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