MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	58.5% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '17 at 10:50
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 102 2-Core 212 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 423 57% 423 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
KINGSTON 120GB 834 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8598808134 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13219909338818 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 303 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 64 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 40 81607000091 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 81607000091 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 8598808134 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 8598808134 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 8598808134 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 30064771073 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8529 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3266 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3266 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3663 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3342386	58.5% Above average	Read 443 Write 130 Mixed 166 53% 246 MB/s	4K Read 12 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 13.1 96% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 87.9 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 32.4 47% 86.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 85%
Seagate ST1000DM 010-2EP102 1TB 10,780 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 752GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 97286649 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 870 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 392566 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 836 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 132 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 64 437714970 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 877 (C2) HDA temperature 26 18 77309411354 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 8 97286649 (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 42017665056869 (F1) Unknown 100 253 939250565 (F2) Unknown 100 253 126977128	96.1% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 159 Mixed 153 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.33 112% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 114%
Seagate ST1000DM 010-2EP102 1TB 10,780 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 117GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 92734663 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2650 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18007811 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1732 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 306 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 65 420806681 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2652 (C2) HDA temperature 25 16 68719476761 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 92734663 (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 -27346056772542 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12374337704 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18087125612	89.4% Excellent	Read 172 Write 140 Mixed 140 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.25 79% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.5 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 19.9 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 80%

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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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	273x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	199x
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	116x
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	32x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $130Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	20x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $610

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16