MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.5% 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	35.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161021
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '18 at 04:27
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	65%

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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 i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 211 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 401 53% 398 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37C2) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.5% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 115 Parallax 132 100% 123 fps	MRender 165 Gravity 120 Splatting 73.8 93% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 101 75 53 66 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 244 Write 272 Mixed 330 SusWrite 68.1 52% 228 MB/s	4K Read 12.5 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 0.1 50% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 95.1 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 28.8 66% 130 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 293GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 122 124 124 124 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 148 Write 142 Mixed 110 SusWrite 124 97% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 109%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 147 155 159 150 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 141 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 155 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 98% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 029E CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 859B BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 029E CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 16GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.7% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 24.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 20.8 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns

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Typical Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 1,510 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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	670x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	426x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	365x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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