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MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	36.8% 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	79.8% 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	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171205
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '18 at 19:44
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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-$85 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 147 2-Core 294 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 818 83% 674 Pts	64-Core 805 50% 805 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$449 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.8% Below average	Lighting 39.3 Reflection 93.7 Parallax 58.2 32% 63.7 fps	MRender 61.6 Gravity 52.5 Splatting 55.1 46% 56.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SB8U-256G-1006 256GB 4,064 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 193 193 192 192 193 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 423 Write 212 Mixed 241 SusWrite 195 60% 268 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 38.2 122% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 202 175% 259 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 95%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 844GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 144 142 145 146 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 137 Write 135 Mixed 28.7 SusWrite 144 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 184%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2x8GB 308 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 25.2 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 29.8 84% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 92%

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Typical Z170A SLI (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 446 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI (MS-7998)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $85Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	181x
Core i5-6600KIntel $93Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	158x
Core i7-7700KIntel $148Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	28x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	82x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	53x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	40x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	17x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $330Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	16x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	13x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	44x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	17x
F4 DDR4 3733 C17 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 97%, 572 samples	16x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $490

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