MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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	79.2% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '19 at 21:12
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 618 65% 522 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 184 Parallax 186 139% 180 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 174 Splatting 118 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1230C SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 55 53 56 55 58 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 452 Write 388 Mixed 345 SusWrite 95.5 72% 320 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 38.6 139% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 231 186% 262 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 91%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 51GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,784 Write 1,292 Mixed 551 266% 1,209 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 54.4 217% 84 MB/s	DQ Read 1,020 DQ Write 936 DQ Mixed 663 584% 873 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 864GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 164 163 164 164 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 148 Mixed 89.3 SusWrite 164 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 28.4 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 27 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 1,508 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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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	83x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	363x
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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	50x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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