MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	170% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 19:50
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 142 2-Core 279 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 689 74% 587 Pts	64-Core 671 42% 671 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.1% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 109 Parallax 105 83% 105 fps	MRender 92.4 Gravity 94.8 Splatting 89.1 75% 92.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Cx2-8b256-q11 NVMe LITEON 256GB 2,143 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: 48811QC Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,575 Write 771 Mixed 975 244% 1,107 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 31.2 171% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 46.1 DQ Write 385 DQ Mixed 31.3 79% 154 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 208%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 431GB free Firmware: HP73 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 117 99 158893208 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2368 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 24 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 225921417 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22756 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 972 (B4) Unknown 100 100 603845603 (B7) Unknown 1 1 249 (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 53 488374301 (C2) HDA temperature 29 47 64424509469 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 22 158893208 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 24 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	73.1% Very good	Read 127 Write 127 Mixed 109 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.31 82% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 156GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 62917992 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4789 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 342019380 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 41755 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 778 (B7) Unknown 59 59 41 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 555810849 (C2) HDA temperature 33 46 68719476769 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 19 62917992 (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 -69707319171333 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3708814772 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1973629183	57.9% Above average	Read 106 Write 95.7 Mixed 96.1 75% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.39 92% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 859B BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBR2 16GB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	81% Excellent	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 25.1 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 25.4 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 84%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 59%

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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	46x

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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x
750 EVO 500GBSamsungBench 103%, 31,052 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	16x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	14x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

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