MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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 Drive	75.8% 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160317
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '17 at 19:12
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 129 2-Core 248 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 746 75% 609 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 146 Parallax 127 117% 139 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 136 Splatting 106 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 122GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4787126 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -108508053765961 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 72 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 5 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 37 77311836189 (C2) HDA temperature 29 37 77311836189 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4787126 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4787126 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4787126 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 139 (EA) Unknown 0 0 128 (F1) Unknown 0 0 128 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1255 (F4) Unknown 100 100 131072	82.2% Excellent	Read 510 Write 216 Mixed 299 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 21.6 138% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 50.6 77% 144 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 17937982 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 95494302865110 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1051 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 189 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 44 47247523871 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 47247523871 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17937982 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17937982 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17937982 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10523 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9565 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9565 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5879	75.8% Very good	Read 470 Write 232 Mixed 286 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 14.5 115% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 67.6 94% 172 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 85%
Kingston SV300S37A240G 2TB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 27583600 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1974 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21800408 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5719 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 994 (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 70 57 17684693022 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 132 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 53900 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 -140737488355298 (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 -27719718924702 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14258936682 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30330425958	96.8% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 157 Mixed 158 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.34 84% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 24 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 25.7 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 91%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	691x
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	430x
Core i7-7700KIntel $232Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	86x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	372x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	159x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	158x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	65x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	53x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	51x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	67x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $44Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	49x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	49x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $738

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