MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	120% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	58.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '18 at 11:30
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	DZA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 89.9 1-Core 139 2-Core 280 93% 170 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 764 80% 640 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 92%

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: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Lighting 78.8 Reflection 77.4 Parallax 74.4 64% 76.8 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 71.1 Splatting 72.8 59% 71.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$82 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 456 461 456 456 440 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 451 Mixed 407 SusWrite 454 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 52.9 185% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 270 217% 304 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 127%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 120GB free Firmware: 03.00C06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 85 85 85 85 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 80 Write 74.7 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 84.6 56% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 62%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 204GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 93 91 95 94 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 106 Write 96.7 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 93 66% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2800 2OZ 4x16GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.1% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.4 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 24.1 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 120%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970) Builds (Compare 359 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 59%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	137x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	78x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	45x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	57x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	46x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x
750 EVO 500GBSamsungBench 103%, 31,052 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	16x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	14x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $461

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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