MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% 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.
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 (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '20 at 01:45
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^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 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 92.4 2-Core 192 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 243 41% 290 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 142 Parallax 133 110% 137 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 133 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 217 Write 154 Mixed 159 39% 177 MB/s	4K Read 8.9 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 9.8 50% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 97 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 108 88% 124 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 85%
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 21GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 304 294 286 308 230 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 452 Write 354 Mixed 254 SusWrite 287 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 29.7 116% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 65.6 127% 255 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 104%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 162GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 37 34 35 34 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 108 Write 95.5 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 36.6 59% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 43% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 84%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 19 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 19 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.3% 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 $250Bench 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 $129Bench 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