MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7998
MotherboardMSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)  (all builds)
Memory10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160727
Uptime2.4 Days
Run DateNov 17 '19 at 05:35
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 29%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
83.2% Excellent
Memory 92.7
1-Core 119
2-Core 234
84% 148 Pts
4-Core 397
8-Core 689
66% 543 Pts
64-Core 682
42% 682 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 83.2%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
84.2% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 113
Parallax 105
86% 108 fps
MRender 97.1
Gravity 100
Splatting 96.5
80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.2%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45
1GB free (System drive)
Firmware: O1230C
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 495
Write 401
Mixed 360
93% 418 MB/s
4K Read 29.4
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 44.1
158% 60.4 MB/s
DQ Read 280
DQ Write 315
DQ Mixed 237
195% 277 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
113GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 86 100 100 134 132 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
65% Good
Read 111
Write 110
Mixed 84.5
SusWrite 115
78% 105 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.1
229% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 65%
Great: 109%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84
106GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 118 120 118 118 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
67.4% Good
Read 117
Write 104
Mixed 71.3
SusWrite 118
75% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.8
168% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 67.4%
Great: 84%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (35th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
70.5% Very good
MC Read 27.2
MC Write 27
MC Mixed 20.2
71% 24.8 GB/s
SC Read 16.1
SC Write 24.4
SC Mixed 21.2
59% 20.6 GB/s
Latency 62.7
64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 70.5%
Great: 83%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 1,511 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $595
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