MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 27% Raft


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 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	26% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	22.6% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	21.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '16 at 21:46
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 151 2-Core 294 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 734 77% 619 Pts	64-Core 803 50% 803 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% MSI(1462 2015) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.9001.0 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	26% Poor	Lighting 30.7 Reflection 34.9 Parallax 38.3 25% 34.6 fps	MRender 31 Gravity 27.6 Splatting 41.3 28% 33.3 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM810 TH 64GB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: AXM08D1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7656 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1762 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 81 81 659 (B2) Unknown 77 77 230 (B3) Unknown 78 78 442 (B4) Unknown 78 78 1574 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 77 77 778 (F1) Unknown 37 37 2711507033 (F2) Unknown 56 56 1901714771	22.6% Poor	Read 244 Write 133 Mixed 69.5 32% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 18.5 4K Mixed 1.3 13% 6.86 MB/s	DQ Read 36.2 DQ Write 14.9 DQ Mixed 0.8 7% 17.3 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 38%
HPT DISK 0_0 2TB 89 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 789GB free Firmware: 4.00 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 41% Great: 115%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 235GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 141 (03) Spinup time 133 133 21494825230 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 212 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 129 129 30 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 51502 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 162 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 424 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 424 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 219044970530 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 6 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	39.1% Below average	Read 65.3 Write 70.9 Mixed 65.4 51% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.29 66% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 51%
Hitachi HTS543280L9A300 80GB 130 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 58GB free Firmware: FB1OC40C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 12884901888 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 688 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 52167 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 488 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 6053246 (C2) HDA temperature 183 183 180390002718 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	28.3% Poor	Read 46.3 Write 52.1 Mixed 48.7 37% 49 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.31 67% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 32%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 287GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	20.6% Poor	Read 40.2 Write 40 Mixed 37.5 50% 39.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.17 74% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 45%
Lexar microSD RDR 32GB 509 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 13GB free, PID b051 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	27.4% Poor	Read 84.5 Write 44.8 Mixed 19 53% 49.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.06 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.97 100% 3.08 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAR2 Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G 1315 CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAR2 Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G 24GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.4% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.7 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 23.9 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 78%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 1,518 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	673x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	428x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	368x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	158x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	51x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	64x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	49x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	49x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $600

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16