MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	223% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit 色彩
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '19 at 09:00
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 243 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 659 66% 538 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 77 Parallax 67 64% 74.1 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 74.3 60% 72.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme ADATA SX8200PNP 256GB 1,186 User benchmarks, average bench 206% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 348 345 342 361 391 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 2,328 Write 694 Mixed 744 SusWrite 352 224% 1,030 MB/s	4K Read 56.3 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 70 246% 86.7 MB/s	DQ Read 808 DQ Write 645 DQ Mixed 474 424% 643 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 255%
Ezlink SIGMA 120GB SATA 3 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 47GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 24 2.4 32 4.6 2.5 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	30.7% Below average	Read 427 Write 59.8 Mixed 125 SusWrite 16.4 34% 157 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 36.5 4K Mixed 4.4 36% 16 MB/s	DQ Read 31.5 DQ Write 76.2 DQ Mixed 9.7 20% 39.1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 37%
EZLSTG064GML 64GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 59GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 57 56 59 50 4.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 375 Write 62.8 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 47.1 31% 145 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 46.6 4K Mixed 5.7 57% 23 MB/s	DQ Read 31.9 DQ Write 58.2 DQ Mixed 11.6 18% 33.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 42%
XPG SX950U 240GB 406 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 206GB free Firmware: R0427ANR SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 202 213 199 209 219 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 279 Mixed 331 SusWrite 206 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 48.2 164% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 281 232% 333 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 180 189 192 192 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 124 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 187 99% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.4 91% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 196 209 195 203 208 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2666 2OZ 2x8GB 6,330 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.2% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 19.2 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 21.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 90%

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	679x
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	372x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	158x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	154x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	65x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	53x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	51x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	66x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	49x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	49x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $597

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16