MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	78.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160317
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '21 at 15:53
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 90.1 1-Core 138 2-Core 277 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 500 70% 514 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8671) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 118 Parallax 133 104% 126 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 126 Splatting 108 110% 139 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.U SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 139 131 133 98 225 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 494 Write 116 Mixed 318 SusWrite 158 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 25.7 4K Mixed 41.6 115% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 53.5 101% 204 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 111%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 68GB free Firmware: DXT09B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 243 245 244 244 242 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 465 Write 215 Mixed 166 SusWrite 244 60% 273 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 25.3 131% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 58.7 104% 210 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 85%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 696GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2365 2154 1179 1188 1186 1188 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	339% Outstanding	Read 2,449 Write 2,340 Mixed 1,631 SusWrite 1,543 447% 1,991 MB/s	4K Read 62.6 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 86.6 290% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,418 DQ Write 1119 DQ Mixed 1,273 951% 1,270 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 339% Great: 372%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 81GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 63 64 64 64 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 58.1 Write 65.7 Mixed 49 SusWrite 63.7 44% 59.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 24.2 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 23.8 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 30: 2R 5G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
30%	38%	32	317	264	60	27"	2560 1440	VSCDF2D VP2772 SERIES

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Typical Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 1,509 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	669x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	426x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	364x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	156x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	153x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	65x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	49x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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