MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.8% 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	72.5% 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.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '18 at 22:14
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G4560-$31 70,054 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 111 2-Core 174 75% 125 Pts	4-Core 304 8-Core 299 40% 302 Pts	64-Core 306 19% 306 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2762) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Lighting 33.9 Reflection 30.9 Parallax 38.7 28% 34.5 fps	MRender 41.5 Gravity 40 Splatting 34.4 31% 38.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -113163798306564 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 61 (B7) Unknown 100 100 6 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 30 44 60132425758 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 61 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 220788 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 36 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 220788 (F2) Unknown 100 100 127118 (F9) Unknown 100 100 16992	72.5% Very good	Read 458 Write 189 Mixed 260 66% 302 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 17.9 112% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 51.4 86% 169 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 82%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1TB free Firmware: SC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 238679336 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2773 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12822301 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9702 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1975 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 47 471334937 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 390 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2780 (C2) HDA temperature 25 53 51539607577 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	77.4% Very good	Read 140 Write 130 Mixed 131 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.17 71% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 100%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 107 (03) Spinup time 117 117 51580109412 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1220 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 36 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 34183 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 970 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2238 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2238 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 240519151645 (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	54.7% Above average	Read 95.6 Write 95.1 Mixed 84 69% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.37 94% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 68%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 993GB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 104 (03) Spinup time 115 115 51581157999 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1422 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 35 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 38917 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 731 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2645 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2645 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 300648759325 (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	55.2% Above average	Read 94.2 Write 98.3 Mixed 87.2 70% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.38 92% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-024.A00G 2x4GB 3,406 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22.2 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 23.1 64% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 79%

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Typical Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) Builds (Compare 791 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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