MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	16 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '20 at 23:09
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Memory 77.4 1-Core 105 2-Core 190 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 577 54% 450 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37A9) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.20 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.8% Below average	Lighting 37.7 Reflection 45 Parallax 36.5 31% 39.7 fps	MRender 55.6 Gravity 39 Splatting 50.8 40% 48.5 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 99 97 87 86 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	68% Good	Read 382 Write 266 Mixed 281 SusWrite 120 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 28 106% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 140 145% 238 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 91%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 16GB free Firmware: M0CR021 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 365 Write 342 Mixed 350 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 31.4 116% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 324 247% 333 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 155 154 160 165 163 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 89.5 Write 143 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 158 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.6 203% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$154 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	66.4% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 22.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 15.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 85.6 47% 85.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 113%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 69%

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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 $242Bench 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 $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