MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	50.1% 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	90% 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	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.

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System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	5.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '17 at 19:05
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 142 2-Core 285 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 571 76% 570 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan Black-$1,000 3,504 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 84B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.1% Above average	Lighting 61.3 Reflection 62.7 Parallax 83.7 50% 69.2 fps	MRender 75.8 Gravity 67.1 Splatting 47.7 50% 63.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM02.H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^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 100 100 694 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 236 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 399 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393234 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C2) HDA temperature 61 57 184685101095 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1626 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1376 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1498 (F4) Unknown 100 100 6 (F5) Unknown 100 100 18 (F6) Unknown 100 100 440128	90% Excellent	Read 525 Write 508 Mixed 502 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 13.3 122% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.5 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 13.4 28% 53.9 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 111%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 148GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 10 5935 (03) Spinup time 85 85 5360 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 3769 (05) Reallocated sector count 95 95 77 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 9481 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14319 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3727 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 10 5935 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 30261 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 51 420610073 (C2) HDA temperature 72 48 470941724 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 766064 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 77 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	54.3% Above average	Read 94.1 Write 94.8 Mixed 93.8 71% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.47 115% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GB 30,824 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 13.4 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 15.1 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 42%

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Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

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