MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	179% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	29.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '16 at 21:08
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	63%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 132 2-Core 263 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 654 69% 551 Pts	64-Core 757 47% 757 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 116 Parallax 105 86% 109 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 92.9 78% 96.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7WD960HMHP-00003 960GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 397GB free Firmware: DXV8C03Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 104 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 65 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 6284 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 64 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 39 (F1) Unknown 99 99 546855537	108% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 447 Mixed 472 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 40.9 156% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 133 141% 229 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1,461 Write 727 Mixed 1,005 235% 1,064 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 45.9 230% 91.4 MB/s	DQ Read 51.8 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 51.6 77% 135 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 243%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: JKAOA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 103 (03) Spinup time 187 187 25794576778 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1330 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11190 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 338 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5309 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5309 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 261993922592 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	59.2% Above average	Read 106 Write 101 Mixed 113 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.33 93% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x16GB-$68 6,515 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.9% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 25.2 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.5 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 85%

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Typical Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 1,513 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) - $140

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	671x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	427x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	366x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	157x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	153x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	65x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	52x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	51x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	64x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	49x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	49x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $595

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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