MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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	72.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.2% 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 (54%). 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	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171205
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 10:35
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 94.9 1-Core 146 2-Core 277 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 807 76% 630 Pts	64-Core 809 50% 809 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1603 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Lighting 93.7 Reflection 90.7 Parallax 81 76% 88.5 fps	MRender 88.2 Gravity 80.8 Splatting 72.4 65% 80.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 69 54 34 75 26 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 500 Write 344 Mixed 154 SusWrite 75.3 59% 268 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 38.5 155% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 110 109% 178 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 82%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 143GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 318 316 317 315 317 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 492 Mixed 410 SusWrite 334 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 67.2 233% 84.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 124%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 765GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 93 97 95 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 90.8 Write 98.9 Mixed 48.4 SusWrite 95 61% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 57%
WD Blue 2.5" 640GB (2009)-$152 5,563 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 303GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 67 67 69 70 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 64.8 Write 61.8 Mixed 34.9 SusWrite 67.6 42% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 25.1 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 26.5 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 80%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	364x
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	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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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