MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '20 at 23:17
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 246 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 498 67% 500 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 113 Parallax 96.2 85% 104 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 98.7 80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 228GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 21 21 21 23 22 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 39% Great: 102%
HFS128G3BMND-3210A 128GB 725 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 119GB free Firmware: 20100P00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 191 194 186 193 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 323 Write 137 Mixed 247 SusWrite 189 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 34.9 147% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 236 185% 259 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 83%
Ramsta S800 480GB 265 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 276GB free Firmware: RS79V0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 333 339 333 350 336 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 415 Mixed 415 SusWrite 332 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 35.2 170% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 50.1 98% 194 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 209 209 209 208 208 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 147 Write 194 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 207 114% 157 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 206% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 23.3 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 24.9 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 88%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 49%

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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 $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