MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.7% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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 AC (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '17 at 01:14
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 685 68% 552 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% PNY(196E 119F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 76.7 Parallax 73.9 64% 76.4 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 70 58% 71.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 234GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 301 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 316 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 19 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 49 219044315171 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 19185868219 (F7) Unknown 100 100 600761681 (F8) Unknown 100 100 271823466 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4421 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	85.7% Excellent	Read 481 Write 329 Mixed 340 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 27.4 115% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 55.7 97% 194 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 105%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 451GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 141 3816 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3307 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7176 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2997 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3240 (C2) HDA temperature 110 98 33 (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	70.3% Very good	Read 128 Write 117 Mixed 120 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.49 107% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 334GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 800 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2884 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 489 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 859 (C2) HDA temperature 111 100 32 (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	75.9% Very good	Read 104 Write 161 Mixed 144 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.26 85% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 109%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 298GB free Firmware: 12.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 174 152 4266 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3790 (05) Reallocated sector count 197 197 17 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25667 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1362 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 135 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3824 (C2) HDA temperature 114 92 33 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (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	45.1% Average	Read 75.7 Write 81 Mixed 75.8 58% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.31 102% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 60%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 158GB free Firmware: 9401 Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 113 Write 89.7 Mixed 87.5 73% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.21 74% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 103%
Fujitsu MHW2120BH 120GB-$32 1,252 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 6GB free Firmware: 00000012 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 60 216003 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 32178176 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 10874 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8589934592000 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 987 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 19009 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 9040 (C0) Power-off retract count 86 86 3701 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 307989 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 249108561949 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 248 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 437190656 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 91 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 73 73 54 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 27204 (CB) Run out cancel 100 100 3728059335282 (F0) Head flying hours 200 200 0	10.5% Very poor	Read 19 Write 17.4 Mixed 18.5 14% 18.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.23 58% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	73% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.5 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 22.8 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 101%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

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 $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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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