MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	40.2% 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	67.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160224
Uptime	13.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '17 at 13:55
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 81.4 1-Core 94.1 2-Core 189 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 563 60% 481 Pts	64-Core 627 39% 627 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% PowerColor(148C 2350) CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1475 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Lighting 51.3 Reflection 53.1 Parallax 67.4 42% 57.3 fps	MRender 52 Gravity 46 Splatting 40.3 37% 46.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75 5,451 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 924 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 716 (AA) Unknown 98 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 38 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 31 100 60132098079 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 88121 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 46 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 98 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 88121 (F2) Unknown 100 100 76300 (F9) Unknown 100 100 11214	67.3% Good	Read 469 Write 162 Mixed 239 63% 290 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 18.2 104% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 44.5 71% 135 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 87%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 125GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 67 (03) Spinup time 123 123 12897026236 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1140 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1867 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 718 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1140 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1140 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 154619740191 (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 200 200 0	66.7% Good	Read 117 Write 115 Mixed 126 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.11 45% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x16GB 13,141 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.6% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 12.2 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 12 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 78 51% 78 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 49%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 360 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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	46x

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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x
750 EVO 500GBSamsungBench 103%, 31,052 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	16x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	14x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

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