MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85% 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	302% 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

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

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '21 at 13:06
Run Duration	299 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 207 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 703 65% 543 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2059 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 115 Parallax 117 85% 112 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 107 Splatting 104 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 1TB 16,136 User benchmarks, average bench 283% 426GB free Firmware: SS0411B SusWrite @10s intervals: 2327 2359 1353 867 561 587 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	332% Outstanding	Read 2,626 Write 2,404 Mixed 280 SusWrite 1,342 370% 1,663 MB/s	4K Read 63.1 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 90.2 307% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,243 DQ Write 985 DQ Mixed 590 584% 939 MB/s
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 332% Great: 373%
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 1TB 16,136 User benchmarks, average bench 283% 316GB free (System drive) Firmware: SS0411B SusWrite @10s intervals: 1318 1030 383 894 1161 1030 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 2,654 Write 2,093 Mixed 273 SusWrite 970 331% 1,497 MB/s	4K Read 62.5 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 87.5 296% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,212 DQ Write 814 DQ Mixed 437 482% 821 MB/s
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 373%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 116GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 230 231 231 229 231 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 472 Mixed 330 SusWrite 259 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 60.4 210% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 341 262% 357 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 374GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 98 99 99 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 74.9 Write 77.8 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 98.3 56% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 84%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 158GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 167 168 168 168 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 194 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 166 108% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 144% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 26.6 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 24.4 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 104%

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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 1,542 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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	691x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	428x
Core i7-7700KIntel $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	85x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	372x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	158x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	158x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	65x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	53x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	51x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	67x
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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $733

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16