MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 14:01
Run Duration	377 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 232 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 462 62% 461 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 122 Parallax 104 96% 115 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 106 Splatting 103 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKJW360H6 360GB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 195GB free Firmware: RG11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 447 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 190 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 41 100 38657851433 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 29169 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 47 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 29169 (F2) Unknown 100 100 26211 (F9) Unknown 100 100 8460	64.4% Good	Read 508 Write 201 Mixed 310 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 22.4 4K Mixed 20.3 83% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 82.9 DQ Mixed 49.1 63% 116 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 65%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4950 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1754 (B1) Unknown 92 92 95 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 58 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1139 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18553995476	76% Very good	Read 484 Write 230 Mixed 214 68% 309 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 10.9 112% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 31 82% 177 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 847GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 167 4183 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4530 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5353 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1832 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 393 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18835 (C2) HDA temperature 121 105 26 (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	64.6% Good	Read 121 Write 105 Mixed 103 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.22 86% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 84%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 588GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 125 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 68 9142 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8253 (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 6908 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3843 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3263 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 180389150748 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 371 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8384	62.4% Good	Read 110 Write 107 Mixed 110 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.43 114% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 253GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 69 9054 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8894 (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 6311 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3654 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3489 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 180389019672 (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 100 100 383 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8999	47.4% Average	Read 75.3 Write 89.4 Mixed 80.7 62% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 0.3 100% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 75%
SanDisk Ultra 124GB 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 86GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 36.4 Write 18.9 Mixed 21.8 30% 25.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.43 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.74 97% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 36%
Sony Storage Media 8GB 864 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	7.27% Terrible	Read 18.2 Write 13.2 Mixed 14 19% 15.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.03 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 28% 2.36 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.27% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 2x8GB 8,162 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 27.6 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 25.1 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 90%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 59%

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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	45x

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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x
750 EVO 500GBSamsungBench 103%, 31,052 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	16x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	14x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $461

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