MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 98.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	110% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171206
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '18 at 17:09
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 155 2-Core 310 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 590 8-Core 603 80% 597 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 109 Parallax 103 86% 105 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 97.7 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 125 129 129 129 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 491 Mixed 349 SusWrite 155 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 56.6 211% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 182 186% 301 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 470 477 486 485 485 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 485 Mixed 416 SusWrite 473 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 70.3 241% 87.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 134%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 484GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 102 101 100 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 147 Write 96.2 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 100 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 84%
Sony Storage Media 16GB 1,481 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 11GB free, PID 09c2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.1 9.6 11 9.6 11 9.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	23.3% Poor	Read 125 Write 15.2 Mixed 9.2 SusWrite 9.9 34% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 11.5 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 46% 3.87 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 2x8GB 1,305 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	MC Read 32 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 30.9 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 28.1 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 99%

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Gaming 62%

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Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) - $200

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	272x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	197x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	94x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	129x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	115x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	54x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	39x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	31x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $42Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	34x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $605

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