MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	46.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87.8% 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	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '17 at 14:05
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 223 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 674 66% 539 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04A8) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.8% Average	Lighting 57.2 Reflection 66.1 Parallax 80 47% 67.8 fps	MRender 65.8 Gravity 55.3 Splatting 54.1 47% 58.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 408GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2807 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 246 (B1) Unknown 98 98 7 (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 68 42 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 122 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6699381635	87.8% Excellent	Read 489 Write 264 Mixed 272 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 31.1 134% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 69.8 104% 201 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 123%
WD Blue 1TB-$105 6,748 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 385GB free Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 133 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7340113 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 67 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 893 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 48 206159872029 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 98785165335 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1630 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1787 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1675 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1966 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	55.7% Above average	Read 487 Write 196 Mixed 219 66% 301 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 37.4 4K Mixed 11.2 68% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 36.5 DQ Mixed 24.7 38% 76.4 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 108%
Seagate ST8000DM005-2EH1 8TB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3.5TB free Firmware: DN03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 72 64 16693617 (03) Spinup time 87 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 50 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 9174337 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -111342732181396 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 34 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 56 707133481 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 710 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4110 (C2) HDA temperature 41 44 94489280553 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 11 1 16693617 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -16853451669447 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8549411095 (F2) Unknown 100 253 221833435
Poor: 22% Great: 104%
Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$72 264 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 8GB free, PID 1697 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 159 Write 84 Mixed 120 144% 121 MB/s	4K Read 4.65 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 0.59 63% 2 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C14 04CD F4-2400C15-8GNT 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C14 04CD F4-2400C15-8GNT 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.2% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.6 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 23.1 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 83%

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Typical Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) Builds (Compare 1,510 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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	365x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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