MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	216% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 10 '20 at 16:15
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 237 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 649 65% 527 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2952 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 450.82 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 200 Parallax 183 150% 189 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 181 Splatting 120 115% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 1TB 40,637 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 978 647 689 689 570 660 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,736 Write 1,982 Mixed 1,307 SusWrite 705 322% 1,433 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 63.8 212% 77.7 MB/s	DQ Read 950 DQ Write 740 DQ Mixed 786 604% 826 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 284%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 103 102 74 104 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 33.7 Write 73.4 Mixed 30.1 SusWrite 93.1 42% 57.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.9 139% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 114%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 7.5TB 2.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 25 26 25 36 25 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	14.7% Very poor	Read 21.9 Write 108 Mixed 32.6 SusWrite 29.4 35% 47.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 4% 0.03 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFS8266.M8FE 859B CT8G4DFS8266.C8FD1 859B CT8G4DFS8266.M8FE 859B CT8G4DFS8266.C8FD1 32GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	85.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 26.6 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 35 SC Mixed 26.4 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 86%

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

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Typical Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 1,511 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	670x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	426x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	365x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	157x
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	51x

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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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