MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


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 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	71.1% 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.

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Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '21 at 19:44
Run Duration	367 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	30%

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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 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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 226 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 657 64% 527 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 379F) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 172 Parallax 175 142% 174 fps	MRender 191 Gravity 149 Splatting 126 124% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 334GB free Firmware: 3B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 448 441 438 462 460 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 436 Mixed 401 SusWrite 450 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 52.7 176% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 138GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 125 127 128 128 135 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 119 Write 197 Mixed 159 SusWrite 126 34% 150 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 65.3 4K Mixed 29.4 109% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 146 117% 162 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 66%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 90GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,354 Write 2125 Mixed 1,494 442% 1,991 MB/s	4K Read 53.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 68 225% 75.8 MB/s	DQ Read 886 DQ Write 610 DQ Mixed 827 596% 774 MB/s
Poor: 214% Great: 372%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 107 111 117 97 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 427 Write 258 Mixed 149 SusWrite 118 52% 238 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 28.2 119% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 119 123% 204 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 99%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 466GB free Firmware: K SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 68 71 69 69 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	37% Below average	Read 59.5 Write 36.8 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 69.1 38% 51.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 43%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 103 103 102 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 98.7 Write 48.7 Mixed 49 SusWrite 102 55% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 86% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 58%
Seagate ST3500630NS Q 500GB 331 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 136GB free Firmware: J SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 48 50 50 49 49 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	28.9% Poor	Read 51.2 Write 50 Mixed 33 SusWrite 49.2 34% 45.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$78 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 27.8 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 31.6 SC Mixed 24.5 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 107%

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

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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	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 $129Bench 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 $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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