MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	41.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '17 at 11:48
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 233 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 633 64% 518 Pts	64-Core 670 41% 670 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Lighting 52.7 Reflection 54 Parallax 62.6 43% 56.4 fps	MRender 53.2 Gravity 48.3 Splatting 41.1 38% 47.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Triactor 240GB-$30 461 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 54GB free Firmware: O1126A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th 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 100 100 179 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 372 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 120 (A3) Unknown 100 100 51 (A4) Unknown 100 100 10499 (A5) Unknown 100 100 30 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 7 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 18 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 20 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 66822 (F2) Unknown 100 100 77415 (F5) Unknown 100 100 41996	83.1% Excellent	Read 493 Write 259 Mixed 274 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 60 4K Mixed 28.6 122% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 50.1 88% 177 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 99%
Sandisk SD8SNAT128G1122 128GB 1,041 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2333000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 100 72 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 188 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 54 (A9) Unknown 100 100 175 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 38 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 100 223338299432 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 297 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3152 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1533 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2050	59.3% Above average	Read 478 Write 171 Mixed 246 65% 298 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 3.37 80% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 23.1 59% 124 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 70%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 231GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 136 4091 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4952 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14500 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4419 (C0) Power-off retract count 196 196 3612 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1339 (C2) HDA temperature 114 74 29 (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	53.4% Above average	Read 101 Write 85.1 Mixed 94.8 71% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.4 95% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 69%
Samsung HD161GJ 160GB-$25 14,710 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 60GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 92 92 3440 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1302 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 881 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 704 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 81 63 319553555 (C2) HDA temperature 77 62 386662423 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 161256 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	48.3% Average	Read 87.1 Write 80.7 Mixed 82.6 63% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.42 110% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 21.4 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 22.6 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 88%

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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 $31Bench 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