MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.5% 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	85.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 04:23
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 245 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 642 68% 545 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Zotac(19DA 1454) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 1997 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31.5% Below average	Lighting 41.9 Reflection 33.6 Parallax 39.3 34% 38.3 fps	MRender 13.2 Gravity 40.5 Splatting 39 26% 30.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSFJ256GCSU 256GB 3,843 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: JULA1102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1606 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2417 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 36 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 196 196 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 975 (C2) HDA temperature 75 55 193274380313 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	85.3% Excellent	Read 517 Write 454 Mixed 490 109% 487 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 24 114% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29.6 DQ Write 90 DQ Mixed 23.8 29% 47.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 87350232 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7897 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 85931501480 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6234 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7220 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 163211247658 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 72 54 13373210652 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2774 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 80302 (C2) HDA temperature 28 46 -140737488355300 (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 -33307471377170 (F1) Unknown 100 253 41291295850 (F2) Unknown 100 253 88004243772	85.8% Excellent	Read 155 Write 143 Mixed 79.1 93% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 7.34 4K Mixed 0.58 230% 2.88 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 113%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 346GB free Firmware: 2BC10008 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 85 82 4565 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2169 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1944 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2860 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 48 223338889238 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 3 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 24988	51.5% Above average	Read 95.2 Write 84.3 Mixed 92.4 68% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.23 74% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 70%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 186GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 16 (03) Spinup time 169 163 6508 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9553 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8371 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8517 (C0) Power-off retract count 195 195 4394 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 153 153 141596 (C2) HDA temperature 123 101 27 (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 1	32.5% Below average	Read 57.8 Write 55 Mixed 68.5 46% 60.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.11 67% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAD11 8313 CL15-15-15 D4-2400 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAD11 8313 CL15-15-15 D4-2400 16GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 80%

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Gaming 62%

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Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $556

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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