MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	66.5% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '20 at 12:03
Run Duration	275 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 215 83% 142 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 640 64% 518 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 379F) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 134 Parallax 128 113% 133 fps	MRender 151 Gravity 118 Splatting 94 96% 121 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$139 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 931GB free Firmware: 3B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 436 456 451 455 454 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 450 Mixed 408 SusWrite 447 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 56.1 189% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 223GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 129 130 126 131 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 125 Write 184 Mixed 165 SusWrite 125 34% 150 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 29 124% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 150 123% 175 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 66%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 215GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1501 1261 1271 1267 1267 1207 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	299% Outstanding	Read 2,342 Write 2,078 Mixed 1,452 SusWrite 1,296 401% 1,792 MB/s	4K Read 59.1 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 80 270% 95.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,072 DQ Write 848 DQ Mixed 1,035 754% 985 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 299% Great: 372%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 126 100 102 104 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 413 Write 238 Mixed 164 SusWrite 112 51% 232 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 27.2 109% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 114 114% 187 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 99%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 466GB free Firmware: K SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 71 73 72 74 73 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 73.5 Write 47.8 Mixed 46 SusWrite 72.5 44% 60 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 43%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 106 108 108 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 48.2 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 107 56% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 58%
Seagate ST3500630NS Q 500GB 331 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 136GB free Firmware: J SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 54 52 53 51 53 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 64 Write 64.5 Mixed 39.2 SusWrite 52.6 40% 55.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$78 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 27.5 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 27.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 53.7 75% 53.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 107%

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Typical Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 1,508 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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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	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 $131	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