MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.9% 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.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '17 at 09:40
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 455 61% 453 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61% Good	Lighting 77.4 Reflection 74.9 Parallax 64.8 63% 72.4 fps	MRender 69.8 Gravity 68.2 Splatting 70.6 57% 69.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
GOODRAM 240GB 8,481 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1435 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 470 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 136 (AD) Unknown 100 100 655386 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 90 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4218	94.9% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 456 Mixed 477 108% 484 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 13.9 116% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 53.9 109% 219 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 231169584 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1186 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6544804 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 973 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 290 (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 71 61 555155485 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6637 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 77309411357 (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 -55619826482829 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4973475776 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21451447208	104% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 165 Mixed 166 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.23 79% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 753GB free Firmware: 0706 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 76.4 Write 77.4 Mixed 66 55% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.25 76% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 43.7 MC Mixed 34.6 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 27.4 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

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Typical Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) Builds (Compare 791 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 62%

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Desktop 83%

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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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $556

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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