MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.1% 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	78.8% 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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '18 at 23:53
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 146 2-Core 290 96% 176 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 577 77% 576 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 85%

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: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 111 Parallax 95.7 90% 106 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 99.8 81% 98.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 128GB 8,600 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6.3E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^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 0 (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 14523 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 545 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 14 (A9) Unknown 100 100 4295557125 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 175 175 12908757182 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 99 99 1103 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 413 (C2) HDA temperature 57 57 240519807019 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 94 94 6 (E9) Unknown 100 100 51779355264 (EA) Unknown 100 100 69325082304 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17279442578 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18405805555	78.8% Very good	Read 480 Write 179 Mixed 259 67% 306 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 24 133% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 24.4 70% 154 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 137GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5559 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14534 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 541 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 384 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15341 (C2) HDA temperature 104 79 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	75.4% Very good	Read 164 Write 99.1 Mixed 119 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.2 84% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.1% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 12.8 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 15.1 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 85%

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Typical Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 1,518 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	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 $300	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