MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 21:30
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	21%

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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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 228 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 715 68% 560 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 859F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.5% Very good	Lighting 89.3 Reflection 96.6 Parallax 74 73% 86.6 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 91.4 Splatting 96.9 78% 94.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 88%
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1055 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Lighting 74.3 Reflection 61.9 Parallax 89.2 61% 75.1 fps	MRender 62.1 Gravity 59.8 Splatting 80.5 57% 67.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 170GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2,229 Write 1,204 Mixed 1,202 340% 1,545 MB/s	4K Read 53.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 25.3 174% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 408 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 138 162% 283 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 236%
OCZ VERTEX4 240GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 49GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10408 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 717 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 193 193 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 232 (C2) HDA temperature 62 44 240519151654	78.5% Very good	Read 455 Write 321 Mixed 381 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 9.93 106% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 64.4 97% 185 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 105%
OCZ TRION100 128GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23756 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1142 (E8) Unknown 100 100 38984395430 (E9) Unknown 95 0 95	56.2% Above average	Read 423 Write 179 Mixed 144 54% 249 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 9.47 89% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 26.6 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 9.47 26% 51.3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 66%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 202 177 4858 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1483 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17318 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 840 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 306 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 749965 (C2) HDA temperature 119 95 31 (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 1	45.5% Average	Read 62.3 Write 95.9 Mixed 70 57% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.16 75% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 27.7 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 26.1 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 97%

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Gaming 69%

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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	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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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