MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.9% 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	83.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '17 at 04:48
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 256 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 688 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 373F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2653 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.9% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 135 Parallax 118 104% 127 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 123 Splatting 100 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 479GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1298 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 383 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 160 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 59 176094642210 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 762158611 (F7) Unknown 100 100 23884061 (F8) Unknown 100 100 5364469 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1934 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	85.9% Excellent	Read 484 Write 341 Mixed 340 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 26.7 119% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 46.1 84% 166 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 99%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$33 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 28 100 540 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1170 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 52 (A9) Unknown 100 100 25 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 43 (AE) Unknown 100 100 238 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 100 223338299431 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9876 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8358 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8043	83.8% Excellent	Read 506 Write 366 Mixed 416 95% 429 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 4.41 110% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 28.6 85% 179 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 86%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 131GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1380 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 387 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 163 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 53 201864445987 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5018107873 (F7) Unknown 100 100 156925424 (F8) Unknown 100 100 51198933 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1940 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	86% Excellent	Read 483 Write 341 Mixed 340 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 26.8 119% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 46.2 84% 165 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 103366120 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2663 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 404314176416 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15347 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2642 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032898 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 724 (BE) vendor-specific 68 59 571932704 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 247 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12112 (C2) HDA temperature 32 41 64424509472 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 74625056783223 (F1) Unknown 100 253 93875523053 (F2) Unknown 100 253 176601247392	80.7% Excellent	Read 137 Write 144 Mixed 136 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.21 62% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 174643760 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 137 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3479584 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 563 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 138 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 59 555089952 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 154 (C2) HDA temperature 32 41 60129542176 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 97568772063795 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3147230069 (F2) Unknown 100 253 50441039723	89.5% Excellent	Read 168 Write 144 Mixed 143 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.23 86% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	84% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 25.8 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 23.9 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 104%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	684x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	428x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	372x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	158x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	155x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	65x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	53x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	51x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	66x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	49x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	49x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $639

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16