MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	332% 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.
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 (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '20 at 00:18
Run Duration	292 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 227 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 670 66% 539 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 154 Parallax 133 123% 146 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 146 Splatting 115 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 736GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1492 1327 1345 1356 1332 1392 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	332% Outstanding	Read 2,448 Write 2153 Mixed 1,785 SusWrite 1,374 435% 1,940 MB/s	4K Read 60.5 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 92.1 294% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,381 DQ Write 1,233 DQ Mixed 1,321 987% 1,312 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 332% Great: 410%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 408GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 446 453 451 448 462 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 473 Mixed 416 SusWrite 451 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 46.1 170% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 121%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 446 453 451 448 462 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 475 Mixed 395 SusWrite 451 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 58.4 194% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 466GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 446 453 451 449 278 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 466 Mixed 428 SusWrite 420 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 41 151% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 129%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 236GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 396 400 388 393 399 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 469 Write 390 Mixed 280 SusWrite 395 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 28.4 106% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 156 127% 186 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 86%
Adata S510 120GB 690 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 111GB free Firmware: 3.3.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 96 97 96 96 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51.7% Above average	Read 152 Write 111 Mixed 134 SusWrite 95.3 28% 123 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 28.3 111% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 112 88% 123 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 79%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 172 170 174 170 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 121 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 170 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 96%
Toshiba MG07ACA14TE 14TB 205 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 9TB free Firmware: 0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 227 226 227 224 230 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 198 Mixed 84 SusWrite 226 122% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 136%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 27.8 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 26.1 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 97%

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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 $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