MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	68.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	59.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151216
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '16 at 15:19
Run Duration	410 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	59%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 79 1-Core 102 2-Core 202 72% 128 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 643 62% 510 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3304) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.7% Good	Lighting 85.4 Reflection 90.6 Parallax 77.7 70% 84.6 fps	MRender 80.1 Gravity 84.9 Splatting 80.2 67% 81.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blast 240GB 5,061 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM22.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 670 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 138	64.1% Good	Read 492 Write 315 Mixed 329 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 9.1 82% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.5 DQ Write 56.5 DQ Mixed 8.58 16% 31.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 94%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 25769804079 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 7 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 76 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 141735297057 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	108% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 186 Mixed 170 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.21 115% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
Generic Flash Disk 64GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 8GB free, PID 7788 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	8.79% Terrible	Read 9.68 Write 8.35 Mixed 8.97 11% 9 MB/s	4K Read 1.43 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.84 92% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 8.79% Great: 9%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	4.95% Terrible	Read 18.6 Write 4.54 Mixed 6.37 10% 9.84 MB/s	4K Read 5.32 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.002 20% 1.78 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.95% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x16GB 857 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 82.4 48% 82.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 132%

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

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Typical Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 1,513 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	671x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	427x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	366x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	157x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	153x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	65x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	49x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	49x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $595

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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