MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	206% 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.
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 (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit 色彩
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '19 at 06:03
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th 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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 240 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 596 63% 502 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 76.9 Parallax 66.8 64% 73.9 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 72.7 Splatting 74.5 60% 72.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme ADATA SX8200PNP 256GB 1,186 User benchmarks, average bench 206% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 348 372 366 363 383 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 2,089 Write 666 Mixed 717 SusWrite 361 209% 958 MB/s	4K Read 52.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 63 222% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 809 DQ Write 622 DQ Mixed 460 414% 630 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 255%
Ezlink SIGMA 120GB SATA 3 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 47GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 2.4 2.5 2.8 6.1 2.5 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.2% Poor	Read 390 Write 29 Mixed 5.8 SusWrite 9.8 23% 109 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 4.4 16% 3.83 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 37%
EZLSTG064GML 64GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 59GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 57 37 41 57 18 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 386 Write 57 Mixed 96.5 SusWrite 44.2 32% 146 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 5.6 55% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 32.1 DQ Write 57.1 DQ Mixed 10.9 18% 33.4 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 42%
XPG SX950U 240GB 406 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 206GB free Firmware: R0427ANR SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 200 207 212 205 214 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 310 Mixed 331 SusWrite 206 73% 329 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 46.8 163% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 282 232% 333 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 195 192 195 191 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 147 Mixed 38 SusWrite 188 104% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 98% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 210 211 212 210 211 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2666 2OZ 2x8GB 6,330 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.4% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 19.1 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 18.6 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 90%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	671x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	427x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	366x
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 $90Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	49x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $595

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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