MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.2% 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	80% 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.

High background CPU (27%). 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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161021
Uptime	16.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '17 at 02:53
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 83.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 242 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 466 62% 462 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 111 Parallax 98.4 90% 106 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 98 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk Ultra II 250GB 595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 118GB free Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 723 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (A5) Unknown 100 100 14090400 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A8) Unknown 100 100 11 (A9) Unknown 100 100 207 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 48 206159872036 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 193277263929 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1078 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1172 (F1) Unknown 253 253 959 (F2) Unknown 253 253 617 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	111% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 484 Mixed 438 106% 476 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 29.9 160% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 57 112% 228 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 102%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 77GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 43393546 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 63367947501759 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1476 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 691 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 55 1009320919073 (C2) HDA temperature 33 55 1009320919073 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 43393546 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 43393546 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 43393546 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11527 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6370 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6370 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13162	85.5% Excellent	Read 509 Write 242 Mixed 248 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 23.7 136% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 85.8 105% 184 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 94%
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 33869528 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 85976655359499 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2080 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 785 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 67 30069162019 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 33869528 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 33869528 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 33869528 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 82 82 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 74260 (EA) Unknown 0 0 43352 (F1) Unknown 0 0 43352 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18154	80% Excellent	Read 406 Write 227 Mixed 210 62% 281 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 21.8 140% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 15.8 66% 145 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.8% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 22.9 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 20.9 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 88%

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Typical Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 1,511 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	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 $45Bench 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 $274	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 $183	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