MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics132% 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 Drive201% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7998
MotherboardMSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)  (all builds)
Memory20 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180615
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateAug 04 '20 at 23:11
Run Duration163 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 30%

 PC Performing as expected (53rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)
71.6% Very good
Memory 82.6
1-Core 100
2-Core 191
72% 124 Pts
4-Core 337
8-Core 422
49% 380 Pts
64-Core 515
32% 515 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 71.6%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2952 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.67
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
132% Outstanding
Lighting 183
Reflection 210
Parallax 213
149% 202 fps
MRender 132
Gravity 189
Splatting 130
121% 150 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 132%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 1TB
570GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 878 643 767 867 842 862 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
201% Outstanding
Read 1,775
Write 2,122
Mixed 1,416
SusWrite 810
344% 1,531 MB/s
4K Read 40.6
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 45.9
178% 65.3 MB/s
DQ Read 636
DQ Write 535
DQ Mixed 524
410% 565 MB/s
Poor: 112%
This bench: 201%
Great: 284%
Microsoft Virtual Disk 4.5TB
4TB free
Firmware: 1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 18 13 12 9.6 6.9 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Microsoft Storage Space Device 10.5TB
6TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 18 13 16 12 7.5 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
18.6% Very poor
Read 49.5
Write 83
Mixed 6.5
SusWrite 15.5
28% 38.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.1
25% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 8%
This bench: 18.6%
Great: 51%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB
4TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 30 54 74 34 48 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
44% Average
Read 102
Write 25.3
Mixed 31.8
SusWrite 51.8
38% 52.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.4
79% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 44%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CT8G4DFS8266.M8FE 859B CT8G4DFS8266.C8FD1 859B CT8G4DFS8266.M8FE 859B CT8G4DFS8266.C8FD1 32GB
2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
81.9% Excellent
MC Read 29.9
MC Write 32.5
MC Mixed 26.5
85% 29.6 GB/s
SC Read 15.3
SC Write 32
SC Mixed 23.4
67% 23.6 GB/s
Latency 75.9
53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 81.9%
Great: 86%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 1,513 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $595
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