MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.6% 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 Drive	83.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '17 at 20:12
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 138 2-Core 257 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 726 72% 589 Pts	64-Core 754 47% 754 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 373F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2718 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.6% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 135 Parallax 120 103% 127 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 127 Splatting 103 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 479GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1437 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 395 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 160 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 54 197569478697 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 770643186 (F7) Unknown 100 100 24157708 (F8) Unknown 100 100 5760056 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1934 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	86.4% Excellent	Read 485 Write 342 Mixed 341 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 26.8 120% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 45.5 84% 166 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 99%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 100 565 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1182 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 53 (A9) Unknown 100 100 25 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 45 (AE) Unknown 100 100 238 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 100 223338299437 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10169 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8612 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8199	83.8% Excellent	Read 502 Write 364 Mixed 416 95% 427 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 4.45 112% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 25.9 83% 176 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 86%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 131GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1520 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 399 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 163 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 51 210454380587 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5151710195 (F7) Unknown 100 100 161114548 (F8) Unknown 100 100 54751399 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1940 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	85.8% Excellent	Read 483 Write 337 Mixed 341 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 26.9 120% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 47.1 84% 165 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 8175560 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2675 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 404314448739 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15487 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2654 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032898 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 724 (BE) vendor-specific 63 58 622264357 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 247 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12193 (C2) HDA temperature 37 42 64424509477 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 126688650345471 (F1) Unknown 100 253 93965003423 (F2) Unknown 100 253 176786765334	81.1% Excellent	Read 142 Write 141 Mixed 147 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.33 88% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 56504672 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 149 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3897000 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 703 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 150 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 57 622198821 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 276 (C2) HDA temperature 37 43 60129542181 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -66069481913668 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3354161249 (F2) Unknown 100 253 55033639131	84.2% Excellent	Read 158 Write 135 Mixed 134 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.17 75% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 25.1 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 23.7 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 104%

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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	673x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	428x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	368x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	158x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	153x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	65x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	52x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	51x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $600

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16