MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics82.6% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
SystemMSI MS-7998
MotherboardMSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)  (all builds)
Memory29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160727
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 27 '18 at 16:30
Run Duration99 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (74th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
83.6% Excellent
Memory 91
1-Core 127
2-Core 247
87% 155 Pts
4-Core 410
8-Core 710
68% 560 Pts
64-Core 635
39% 635 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 83.6%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.24
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.6% Excellent
Lighting 104
Reflection 109
Parallax 90.1
85% 101 fps
MRender 94.5
Gravity 94.6
Splatting 95.2
78% 94.8 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.6%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD WD6001FSYZ-01SS7B0 6TB
2.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: ER03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
128% Outstanding
Read 213
Write 232
Mixed 164
152% 203 MB/s
4K Read 5.74
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.32
286% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 68%
This bench: 128%
Great: 122%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
75.7% Very good
MC Read 27.6
MC Write 28.8
MC Mixed 23.8
76% 26.7 GB/s
SC Read 18.1
SC Write 26.5
SC Mixed 24.3
66% 23 GB/s
Latency 65.7
61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 75.7%
Great: 110%

 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 1,508 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
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