MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.9% 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	239% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	14.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '18 at 18:43
Run Duration	336 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 300 90% 170 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 513 70% 519 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6170) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.9% Very good	Lighting 94.8 Reflection 108 Parallax 81.1 77% 94.6 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 91.1 Splatting 95.6 76% 92.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 1,969 Write 1,228 Mixed 1,168 321% 1,455 MB/s	4K Read 55.7 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 50.2 216% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 536 DQ Write 373 DQ Mixed 198 217% 369 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 236%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 17746512 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 408 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4107581 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1080 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 137 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 62 57 672792614 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1042 (C2) HDA temperature 38 43 77309411366 (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 -101313983544547 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8727828143 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2193383590	106% Outstanding	Read 240 Write 130 Mixed 195 142% 188 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.29 4K Mixed 1.09 244% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 92861472 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 394 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21724012 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1082 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 131 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 64 60 639107108 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1850 (C2) HDA temperature 36 40 73014444068 (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 -14345190767833 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16615330404 (F2) Unknown 100 253 90544284148	63.8% Good	Read 115 Write 106 Mixed 167 99% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 5.25 4K Mixed 0.71 194% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 110%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 931GB free Firmware: 0143 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 107 Write 115 Mixed 110 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.4 107% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 63%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 72GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 833 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3973 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 419 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 87 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1270 (C2) HDA temperature 107 97 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.4% Good	Read 118 Write 120 Mixed 112 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.35 132% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.6% Very good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 23.5 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 22.7 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 88%

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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	670x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	426x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	365x
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 $94Bench 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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	49x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $595

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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