MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	38.7% 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	51.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '18 at 13:00
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 595 8-Core 597 80% 596 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 049A) CLim: 1200 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Lighting 54.9 Reflection 62.5 Parallax 67.6 45% 61.6 fps	MRender 50.8 Gravity 0.1 Splatting 45 27% 32 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso Sata III 120GB 964 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0510E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (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 100 100 145 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 310 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 136 (A3) Unknown 100 100 16 (A4) Unknown 100 100 9664 (A5) Unknown 100 100 15 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 5 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 28661 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17678 (F5) Unknown 100 100 19328	51.7% Above average	Read 161 Write 152 Mixed 157 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 17.4 110% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 19.9 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 34.9 42% 68.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 90%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400 2.5" 320GB-$35 9,368 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 133GB free Firmware: 0001HPM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 98192832 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5305 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 149186138 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2835 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4743 (B7) Unknown 95 95 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032840 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 44 4783276061 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 126 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 37006 (C2) HDA temperature 29 56 30064771101 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 40 98192832 (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 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 1 856 (FB) Unknown 100 1 303 (FC) Unknown 100 1 136 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	41.8% Average	Read 73.1 Write 72.5 Mixed 70.3 54% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.17 56% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 20,263 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2875 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 16 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 17.8 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 48%

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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	136x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	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