MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.4% 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	77.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 16 '17 at 06:41
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 708 71% 576 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 119 Reflection 121 Parallax 104 97% 115 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 107 Splatting 0.09 51% 71.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1230C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^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 100 100 407 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 314 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 172 (A3) Unknown 100 100 48 (A4) Unknown 100 100 29683 (A5) Unknown 100 100 33 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 17 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 202253 (F2) Unknown 100 100 290907 (F5) Unknown 100 100 237464	77.6% Very good	Read 492 Write 259 Mixed 264 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 23.2 104% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 47.4 88% 179 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 95%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21494235432 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 541 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 126 126 32 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2162 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 306 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 541 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 541 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 158915035168 (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	101% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 169 Mixed 161 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.16 100% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
OWC Express USB 3.0 1TB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 731GB free, PID a0a9 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 40.5 Write 38.8 Mixed 6.98 33% 28.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.18 57% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 213%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GB 2,314 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 20.5 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 21.8 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 93%

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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	669x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	426x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	83x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	363x
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	50x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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