MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% 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.

Very high background CPU (48%). 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	6.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	19.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '17 at 01:29
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing as expected (40^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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 219 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 633 62% 507 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 850A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 79.2 Reflection 85.7 Parallax 74.8 65% 79.9 fps	MRender 78.9 Gravity 72.7 Splatting 67.6 59% 73 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 255GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7565 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 219 (B1) Unknown 96 96 69 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 55 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 38 (F1) Unknown 99 99 57922079400	102% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 399 Mixed 417 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 26.9 151% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 114 134% 234 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 947GB free Firmware: JKAOA20N Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 107 (03) Spinup time 119 119 51580305996 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 560 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 40 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 52635 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 220 (C0) Power-off retract count 86 86 16856 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 16856 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 227634380839 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	49.5% Average	Read 90.1 Write 82.4 Mixed 91.8 67% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.21 66% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 70%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 876GB free Firmware: JKAOA20N Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 99 (03) Spinup time 125 125 51580568087 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 582 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 40 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 52840 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 217 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10752 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10752 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 223339413541 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	52% Above average	Read 85.8 Write 95.3 Mixed 98 70% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.31 78% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 70%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 681GB free Firmware: JKAOA20N Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 196608 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 105 (03) Spinup time 122 122 51580240439 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 602 (05) Reallocated sector count 17 17 1673 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 40 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 52635 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 218 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10053 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10053 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 261994119209 (C4) Reallocation count 15 15 1721 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	62.3% Good	Read 103 Write 114 Mixed 107 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.38 93% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.4% Average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 12.3 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 12.8 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 91%

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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	670x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	426x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	365x
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 $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 $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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