MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	105% 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	36.8% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160224
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '18 at 15:45
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	LBY-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 (3^rd percentile)	60.1% Good	Memory 54.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 239 74% 140 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 654 60% 502 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 148 Parallax 138 112% 141 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 133 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$42 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF360000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 107 127 70 92 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 318 Write 97.7 Mixed 134 SusWrite 102 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 6.7 4K Mixed 17.3 57% 14.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 55%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 610GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 123 125 124 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 125 Write 113 Mixed 73 SusWrite 124 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 364GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 179 177 178 174 175 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 149 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 177 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB-$33 24,309 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 63GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 71 72 71 70 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 79.8 Write 83 Mixed 54.3 SusWrite 70.9 53% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 1x16GB 11,534 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 10.8 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 8.3 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 144 28% 144 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 64%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	136x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	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