MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% 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	211% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160317
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 31 '17 at 03:10
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 134 2-Core 260 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 747 78% 626 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 207 Parallax 195 151% 196 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 175 Splatting 129 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 437GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1,894 Write 1,286 Mixed 1,251 327% 1,477 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 30.8 158% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 43.4 DQ Write 415 DQ Mixed 209 168% 223 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 254%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 223GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 32 100 1568 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 530 (A6) Unknown 100 100 351 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 406 (A9) Unknown 100 100 24 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 386 (AE) Unknown 100 100 108 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 100 249108103211 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 12 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 86582 (F1) Unknown 253 253 19297 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9004	76.2% Very good	Read 487 Write 356 Mixed 413 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 4.57 87% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 22.9 82% 176 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 920GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 72 63 16956719 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1553 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 48282404 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4275 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 523 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 61 55 673644583 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1587 (C2) HDA temperature 39 16 68719476775 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 1 16956719 (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 45719926869048 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13629656014 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23248658796	103% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 177 Mixed 157 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.32 95% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 32.5 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 46.9 SC Mixed 32 97% 34 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	672x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	428x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	367x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	158x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	51x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $589

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16