MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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.
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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.5% 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	39.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (24%). 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '17 at 07:48
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 226 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 435 57% 428 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% XFX(1682 9390) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Lighting 63.9 Reflection 59.2 Parallax 79.5 52% 67.5 fps	MRender 59.6 Gravity 53.5 Splatting 77.4 53% 63.5 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 11388655 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -81028852999562 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 889 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 23 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 38 48 64427655206 (C2) HDA temperature 38 48 64427655206 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11388655 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11388655 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11388655 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12941 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8938 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8938 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5985 (F4) Unknown 97 97 7798890	39.4% Below average	Read 235 Write 97.1 Mixed 149 35% 160 MB/s	4K Read 7.21 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 12 73% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 21.5 DQ Write 93 DQ Mixed 7.22 20% 40.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 88GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 146738944 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3756 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 5118790080 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18433 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2343 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 85 85 15 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 15 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 39343816741 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 197 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 39673 (C2) HDA temperature 37 48 -140737488355291 (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 -14078902782238 (F1) Unknown 100 253 55029170950 (F2) Unknown 100 253 63997394720	67.1% Good	Read 117 Write 117 Mixed 115 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.25 81% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.4% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 13.9 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 13.6 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 91%

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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) $35	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