MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	33.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160224
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '17 at 11:19
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 610 8-Core 609 82% 609 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 04E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 970 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.6.2 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.9% Below average	Lighting 43 Reflection 47.5 Parallax 51.1 35% 47.2 fps	MRender 47.9 Gravity 37.4 Splatting 34 32% 39.7 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 170 100 682 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1828 (A6) Unknown 100 100 210 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 263 (A9) Unknown 100 100 22 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 246 (AE) Unknown 100 100 747 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 100 223338299425 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 8 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 24190 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5334 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7441	73.7% Very good	Read 513 Write 202 Mixed 285 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 3.98 119% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 23.4 65% 138 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 78%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 446GB free Firmware: 0005HPM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 41103922 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1901 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 63172235 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1648 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1775 (B7) Unknown 100 253 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475164240 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 49 370409494 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 68 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5473 (C2) HDA temperature 22 51 -14070312861674 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 43 41103922 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	43.3% Average	Read 76.6 Write 74.3 Mixed 77.2 57% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.44 91% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 43%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 225GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 171 2358 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2229 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2969 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1794 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 757 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4837 (C2) HDA temperature 117 93 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	90.6% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 144 Mixed 150 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.29 119% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3100 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 29.1 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 31.9 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 81%

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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 $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 $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 $300	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