MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	37.2% 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	74.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (82%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	30 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '16 at 08:15
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	82%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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 1.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	43.8% Average	Memory 52.4 1-Core 25.8 2-Core 51.2 29% 43.1 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 329 32% 260 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Sapphire(174B E324) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.0.0 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37.2% Below average	Lighting 34.8 Reflection 42.2 Parallax 76.6 28% 51.2 fps	MRender 61.4 Gravity 55.1 Splatting 78 54% 64.8 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 14 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 33 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 64 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 198394727	74.7% Very good	Read 494 Write 400 Mixed 416 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 37.2 4K Mixed 22.5 86% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 80.7 DQ Mixed 16.1 33% 66.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 178 173 4083 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 34 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 32 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 64 (C2) HDA temperature 117 114 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	85.7% Excellent	Read 147 Write 152 Mixed 138 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.29 114% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSC.16FAD 2x16GB 600 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	66.3% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 27.3 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 8.8 24% 8.27 GB/s	Latency 152 26% 152 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 85%

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Gaming 62%

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Desktop 83%

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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