MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive132% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7998
MotherboardMSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)  (all builds)
Memory22.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180615
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateAug 02 '20 at 17:41
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 29%

 PC Performing below expectations (31st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
74% Very good
Memory 78.8
1-Core 115
2-Core 214
76% 136 Pts
4-Core 373
8-Core 547
57% 460 Pts
64-Core 586
36% 586 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 74%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2952 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.67
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 118
Reflection 167
Parallax 221
96% 169 fps
MRender 135
Gravity 192
Splatting 131
123% 153 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 104%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 1TB
249GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 707 834 753 759 754 714 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
132% Outstanding
Read 378
Write 1,442
Mixed 454
SusWrite 753
173% 757 MB/s
4K Read 32.2
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 39.7
153% 57.6 MB/s
DQ Read 505
DQ Write 567
DQ Mixed 519
395% 530 MB/s
Poor: 112%
This bench: 132%
Great: 284%
Samsung MZMPC128HBFU-000L1 128GB
119GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 241 245 245 249 245 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
52.1% Above average
Read 370
Write 246
Mixed 206
SusWrite 239
59% 265 MB/s
4K Read 16.7
4K Write 31.9
4K Mixed 16.1
63% 21.6 MB/s
DQ Read 108
DQ Write 53.2
DQ Mixed 69.7
55% 76.9 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 52.1%
Great: 68%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 10.5TB
6.5TB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 8.5 13 19 10 12 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
37.3% Below average
Read 113
Write 128
Mixed 16.7
SusWrite 17
50% 68.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.3
44% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 8%
This bench: 37.3%
Great: 51%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CT8G4DFS8266.M8FE 859B CT8G4DFS8266.C8FD1 859B CT8G4DFS8266.M8FE 859B CT8G4DFS8266.C8FD1 32GB
2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
80.9% Excellent
MC Read 30
MC Write 32.5
MC Mixed 26.5
85% 29.7 GB/s
SC Read 14.7
SC Write 29.7
SC Mixed 21.2
62% 21.9 GB/s
Latency 82.8
48% 82.8 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 80.9%
Great: 86%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 1,511 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) - $140

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $595
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