MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.1% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '18 at 17:06
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 517 70% 519 Pts	64-Core 508 32% 508 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB; Galax 1060 6Gb EXOC CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2327 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Lighting 76.4 Reflection 81 Parallax 70.8 62% 76 fps	MRender 84.4 Gravity 71.5 Splatting 74.1 62% 76.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC300 SATA 256GB 511 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20121P00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1128 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 176 (64) Unknown 100 100 2079071 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 63 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 99 1 32 (B2) Unknown 100 100 48 (B3) Unknown 100 100 109 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4147 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 0 60133605432 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8085 (EE) Unknown 2 1 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1605 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1637 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 612	90.1% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 356 Mixed 416 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 20.2 121% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 13.5 88% 202 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 94%
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75 5,451 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 84GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2692 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 577 (AA) Unknown 93 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 91 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 35 100 38657327139 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 91 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 44846 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 55 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 93 100 0 (E9) Unknown 92 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 44846 (F2) Unknown 100 100 56163 (F9) Unknown 100 100 18910	76.5% Very good	Read 502 Write 190 Mixed 263 70% 318 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 24.7 126% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 14.5 53% 115 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 218GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 90 59737896 (03) Spinup time 91 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9369 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 514 (07) Seek error rate 54 54 1009397810695 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27238 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 20 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2388 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 4298572029 (BD) vendor-specific 22 22 78 (BE) vendor-specific 64 48 672989220 (C2) HDA temperature 36 52 30064771108 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 15 59737896 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	49.3% Average	Read 87.6 Write 84.1 Mixed 84.8 64% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.34 85% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 59%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 358GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 85.9 Write 73.6 Mixed 61.7 92% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.18 74% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 1x8GB-$25 15,542 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	49.4% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 14.6 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 16.2 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 50%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $274	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 $183	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