MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	47% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151217
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '17 at 10:35
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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-$88 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 2.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Memory 64.7 1-Core 25.6 2-Core 60.9 34% 50.4 Pts	4-Core 235 8-Core 381 38% 308 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3161) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47% Average	Lighting 55.9 Reflection 62.6 Parallax 62 46% 60.2 fps	MRender 70.2 Gravity 61.5 Splatting 53.6 50% 61.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300 128GB-$170 2,748 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3540000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1175 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 207 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12915442017 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 44 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 202 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 37 158914510878 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 249109938234 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 405 (EA) Unknown 100 100 920 (F1) Unknown 253 253 701 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1504 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	64.6% Good	Read 459 Write 357 Mixed 355 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 28 4K Mixed 19.4 65% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 85.2 DQ Mixed 45.2 48% 78.8 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 92%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 237994831 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3254 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 21494607479 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7444 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1969 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131076 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 504823838 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 51539607582 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 28 237994831 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 8104603299787 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1948723570 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2790521814	45.2% Average	Read 82.9 Write 74.7 Mixed 61.5 55% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.27 66% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 61%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$59 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 171 6016 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 234 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1148 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 205 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 20777 (C2) HDA temperature 121 112 29 (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 0	76.6% Very good	Read 134 Write 133 Mixed 127 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.22 101% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 38,955 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	46.2% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 20.9 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8 24% 8.47 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 91%

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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 $88Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	78x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	46x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	57x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	46x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x
750 EVO 500GBSamsungBench 103%, 31,052 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	16x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	14x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $441

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16