MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151216
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '20 at 00:14
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 253 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 493 66% 495 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 83.8 Parallax 84.3 82% 89.8 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 88.8 Splatting 79.5 73% 90.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 101 102 102 104 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 398 Write 96.7 Mixed 130 SusWrite 99.6 40% 181 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 15.5 4K Mixed 20.6 82% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 98.7 DQ Write 40.9 DQ Mixed 51.4 43% 63.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 80%
Adata SX6000LNP 512GB 11,097 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 312GB free Firmware: S0725B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 767 226 228 209 222 228 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1,617 Write 1,356 Mixed 1,054 SusWrite 313 242% 1,085 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 29 206% 86.1 MB/s	DQ Read 851 DQ Write 1,068 DQ Mixed 569 538% 830 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 259%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 303GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 81 83 84 84 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 74.7 Write 66.2 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 82.7 52% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 69%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 1TB 3,837 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 213GB free Firmware: 0302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 94 97 98 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 96.8 Write 65.5 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 96.9 58% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.8% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 12 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 14 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 80%

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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 $45Bench 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 $45	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