MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '17 at 23:06
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 208 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 420 56% 421 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2028 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 77.6 Reflection 78.9 Parallax 65.9 63% 74.1 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 72.4 Splatting 73.1 59% 72 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 985 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 274 (B1) Unknown 98 98 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 59 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3019307655	80.9% Excellent	Read 480 Write 258 Mixed 268 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 53 4K Mixed 25 118% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 61.5 95% 185 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 100 7297568 (03) Spinup time 98 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 230 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 3858 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 261 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 68 (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 72 64 471400476 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 412 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 103079215132 (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 37585258807302 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6954482 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4176985	103% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 178 Mixed 157 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.23 94% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 393GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 64 30101575 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 339 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10847039 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 985 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 272 (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 69 65 538509343 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 354 (C2) HDA temperature 31 23 98784247839 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 30101575 (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 -75587129441364 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3963980441 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4896874688	85.4% Excellent	Read 156 Write 141 Mixed 131 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.28 100% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 46,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 24.7 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 21 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 89%

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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	669x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	426x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	364x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	156x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	153x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	65x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	52x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	51x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	64x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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