MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	166% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170418
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 13:41
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 209 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 417 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3176) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 81 Reflection 82 Parallax 72.3 66% 78.4 fps	MRender 77.7 Gravity 71.5 Splatting 64.5 58% 71.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 1,634 Write 764 Mixed 887 240% 1,095 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 39.4 168% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 41.7 DQ Write 93.6 DQ Mixed 25.3 31% 53.5 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 247%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 69GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4465025 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 126744484918855 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2760 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 321 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 82 64429883422 (C2) HDA temperature 30 82 64429883422 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4465025 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4465025 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4465025 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22324 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12708 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12708 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12052	74.7% Very good	Read 484 Write 193 Mixed 228 66% 302 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 14.9 122% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 14.4 62% 138 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 567GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 112683692 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7214 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 249215823 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12349 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3065 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 52 571998241 (C2) HDA temperature 33 48 51539607585 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 25 112683692 (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 57080115384741 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1975010421 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1300161300	64.7% Good	Read 115 Write 110 Mixed 89.2 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.57 119% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 26.1 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 22.8 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 87%

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Gaming 62%

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Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) - $200

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	270x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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