MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 104%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics90.3% 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 Drive195% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7998
MotherboardMSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)  (all builds)
Memory12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170424
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 10 '17 at 15:05
Run Duration212 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
100% Outstanding
Memory 94.9
1-Core 153
2-Core 305
101% 184 Pts
4-Core 608
8-Core 610
81% 609 Pts
64-Core 608
38% 608 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 100%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400
CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.10.3
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
90.3% Outstanding
Lighting 111
Reflection 93.1
Parallax 163
90% 122 fps
MRender 88.3
Gravity 103
Splatting 129
90% 107 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 90.3%
Great: 94%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
130GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
195% Outstanding
Read 2,029
Write 1,079
Mixed 1,187
315% 1,432 MB/s
4K Read 33.2
4K Write 94.7
4K Mixed 24.3
132% 50.7 MB/s
DQ Read 50.7
DQ Write 366
DQ Mixed 177
146% 198 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 195%
Great: 236%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60
920GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
49.8% Average
Read 86.3
Write 87.1
Mixed 95.7
68% 89.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.63
4K Write 1.82
4K Mixed 0.16
77% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 49.8%
Great: 83%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
93.9% Outstanding
MC Read 34
MC Write 36.4
MC Mixed 29.3
95% 33.2 GB/s
SC Read 20.5
SC Write 38.5
SC Mixed 27.5
82% 28.8 GB/s
Latency 57.3
70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 93.9%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 1,510 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $595
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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