MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.9% 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	260% 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.

High background CPU (29%). 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, 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	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '21 at 21:38
Run Duration	367 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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-$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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 252 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 704 73% 586 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.3% 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: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 116 Parallax 106 88% 110 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 106 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 1TB 16,136 User benchmarks, average bench 283% 489GB free (System drive) Firmware: SS0411B SusWrite @10s intervals: 1131 1025 982 1006 995 991 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 2,406 Write 1,896 Mixed 199 SusWrite 1,021 305% 1,380 MB/s	4K Read 52.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 68.4 232% 80.6 MB/s	DQ Read 918 DQ Write 426 DQ Mixed 441 388% 595 MB/s
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 373%
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 1TB 16,136 User benchmarks, average bench 283% 188GB free Firmware: SS0411B SusWrite @10s intervals: 1476 1029 1028 1027 1031 1018 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 2,024 Write 1,005 Mixed 918 SusWrite 1,101 280% 1,262 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 48.3 177% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 568 DQ Write 803 DQ Mixed 585 470% 652 MB/s
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 373%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 106GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 231 233 232 230 233 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 477 Mixed 346 SusWrite 260 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 50.1 166% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 332 258% 353 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 48GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 63 64 64 64 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 61.3 Write 63.8 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 63.6 44% 59.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 84%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 212GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 144 144 144 144 144 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 90.9 Write 105 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 143 65% 90 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 108%
LaCie Mobile Drive 5TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2.5TB free, PID 10bc Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 105 106 105 105 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 79.5 Write 104 Mixed 76.4 SusWrite 104 128% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.6 177% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 52%

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 (62^nd percentile)	86.7% Excellent	MC Read 34 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 26.2 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 22.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 104%

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Typical Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 1,541 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	690x
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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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