MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '16 at 06:26
Run Duration	284 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$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 above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 234 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 638 67% 536 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Asus(1043 0464) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.137.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Lighting 39.1 Reflection 35.4 Parallax 47 32% 40.5 fps	MRender 31.1 Gravity 33.1 Splatting 40 29% 34.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 108 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 32 (64) Unknown 100 100 129168 (65) Unknown 100 100 36336 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 76 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 680 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 100 154619936797 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 230 (EA) Unknown 100 100 90 (F1) Unknown 100 100 192 (F2) Unknown 100 100 179 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	58.1% Above average	Read 487 Write 197 Mixed 189 63% 291 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 8.86 87% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 32 DQ Write 59.7 DQ Mixed 10.1 18% 33.9 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 108GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 1576 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1861 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 4362353945 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6509 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1290 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 554762273 (C2) HDA temperature 33 49 51539607585 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 24 1576 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 15822659525071 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1201186270 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1902946299	54.7% Above average	Read 95.4 Write 95.5 Mixed 77.7 67% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.58 97% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 88%
USB 2.0 Flash Drive 4GB 253 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	5.21% Terrible	Read 17.8 Write 4.89 Mixed 7.28 10% 9.98 MB/s	4K Read 6.54 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.009 25% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.21% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-2400 1x8GB 1,165 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	42.8% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 11.8 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 14.7 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 47%

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Gaming 62%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 49%

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

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	271x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	196x
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 $55Bench 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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $556

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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