MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.1% 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	58.4% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	May 13 '17 at 13:40
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 746 78% 626 Pts	64-Core 759 47% 759 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 119 Parallax 102 95% 113 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 105 Splatting 100 83% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 44475777 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -128410932202268 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1231 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 333 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 51 1009320656925 (C2) HDA temperature 29 51 1009320656925 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 44475777 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 44475777 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 44475777 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23107 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9087 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9087 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5912	58.4% Above average	Read 510 Write 93.9 Mixed 124 52% 243 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 13.2 99% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 64.9 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 24.8 36% 64.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 22GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 50203120 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4982 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 227534182 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17477 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1495 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 23 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 26291339293 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 354 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 66043 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 -140737488355299 (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 106321915423965 (F1) Unknown 100 253 39788343023 (F2) Unknown 100 253 62317871513	73.5% Very good	Read 133 Write 123 Mixed 37.8 72% 98 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.23 80% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 112%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 1,055 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 100GB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	31.1% Below average	Read 56.6 Write 56.2 Mixed 22.2 54% 45 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 3.43 4K Mixed 0.37 131% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 24.6 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 25 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 88%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	671x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	427x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	366x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	157x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	153x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	65x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	52x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	51x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	64x
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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $600

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16