MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998)

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% 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 Drive	101% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7998
Motherboard	MSI Z170A SLI PLUS (MS-7998) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '18 at 03:16
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 159 2-Core 318 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 882 89% 720 Pts	64-Core 876 54% 876 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 157 Parallax 135 119% 146 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 142 Splatting 114 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 337GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 473 Mixed 489 109% 487 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 45.3 4K Mixed 35.4 111% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 140 135% 216 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 97%
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 222GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3215 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 610 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 162 (C2) HDA temperature 73 58 180388954139	65.4% Good	Read 501 Write 213 Mixed 210 67% 308 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 7.01 84% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 7.09 57% 137 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 83%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3318 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 606 (B1) Unknown 98 98 25 (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 70 59 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9782848359	101% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 415 Mixed 417 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 28 163% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 47.2 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 28.2 61% 118 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 112GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 164 2608 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 466 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2231 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 403 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 149 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7928 (C2) HDA temperature 118 105 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 653 (F1) Unknown 200 200 7347213259 (F2) Unknown 200 200 11166087204	60.4% Good	Read 103 Write 108 Mixed 97.9 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.33 126% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 109%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 171 Write 163 Mixed 128 193% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.89 4K Mixed 0.29 112% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 100%
Generic- MicroSD/M2 128GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 89GB free, PID 8468 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 85.9 Write 79.3 Mixed 52.9 90% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.88 4K Write 3.28 4K Mixed 1.98 208% 4.38 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB 1,302 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 28.5 94% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 38.9 SC Mixed 29.1 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 115%

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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%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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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 $241Bench 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 $140Bench 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