MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '20 at 14:58
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 87.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 222 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 757 75% 614 Pts	64-Core 765 47% 765 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3235) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 97.5 Reflection 115 Parallax 102 80% 105 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 89.9 77% 95.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 516 Write 365 Mixed 340 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 45.4 165% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 197 176% 262 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 103%
Intel 335 Series 240GB-$219 4,220 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 18GB free Firmware: 335t SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 223 219 212 217 286 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Read 400 Write 273 Mixed 289 SusWrite 224 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 46.2 183% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 254 199% 275 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 81GB free Firmware: CC35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 79 80 80 79 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 81.3 Write 84.2 Mixed 58.1 SusWrite 77 55% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-030.A00G 2x8GB 2,560 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.5 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 24.4 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 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 $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