MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160317
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '20 at 01:11
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 89.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 534 70% 526 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1635 MHz, MLim: 1972 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 76.1 Parallax 75.4 62% 75.9 fps	MRender 80.1 Gravity 71.2 Splatting 60.5 57% 70.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 60GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 92 85 82 82 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 336 Write 124 Mixed 163 SusWrite 86.2 39% 177 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 41 150% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 113 88% 120 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 74%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 281GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 146 145 147 148 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 147 Write 139 Mixed 108 SusWrite 146 100% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 233% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 105%
WD Elements 25A1 4TB 8,402 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2.5TB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 39 39 39 40 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 39.5 Write 37.8 Mixed 30.1 SusWrite 38.8 50% 36.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.8 208% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$39 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	84.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 26.8 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 24.5 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 109%

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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	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 $134	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