MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


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 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	199% 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.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '16 at 22:23
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 705 71% 578 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8506) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Lighting 80.9 Reflection 83.1 Parallax 74 66% 79.3 fps	MRender 79 Gravity 73.5 Splatting 65.4 59% 72.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TE512HMHP-00004 512GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 261GB free Firmware: EXT0300Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2568 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 367 (B1) Unknown 98 98 98 (B3) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 46 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 54 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20622899614 (F2) Unknown 99 99 7556692284	93.1% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 405 Mixed 414 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 19.5 126% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 17 82% 188 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 100%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1,821 Write 905 Mixed 1,128 283% 1,285 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 24.3 184% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 510 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 25.7 125% 287 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 243%
Liteonit LMT-256M6M 256GB 528 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 62GB free Firmware: DM82002 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1370 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 934 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 1 (AD) Unknown 100 100 84449 (AE) Unknown 100 100 145 (B2) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 145 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 84449 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 390265 (F2) Unknown 100 100 172593	80% Very good	Read 484 Write 405 Mixed 443 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 14.7 102% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 87.6 86% 128 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 93%
Liteonit LMT-256M6M 256GB 528 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 15GB free Firmware: DM82002 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1118 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 960 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 140274 (AE) Unknown 100 100 333 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 333 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 140274 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 222890 (F2) Unknown 100 100 212662	86.2% Excellent	Read 486 Write 406 Mixed 444 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 16.5 102% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 59.9 105% 206 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 93%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 800GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 89 3457 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1559 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2506 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 9 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 475 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 206159020062 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 9 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 17087	55.7% Above average	Read 96.4 Write 97.8 Mixed 90.7 71% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.29 82% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 59%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 345GB free Firmware: JA0OA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 238 238 12884901888 (04) Start/Stop count 63 63 59612 (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 73 73 12059 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 982 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 265782 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 201863921691 (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	54.7% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 94.1 Mixed 93.4 71% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.15 62% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 4x4GB 1,630 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.1% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.4 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24.9 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 108%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

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	680x
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 $90Bench 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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	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