MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	53.9% 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	89.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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	15.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '17 at 16:18
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (81^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 533 71% 533 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.8% 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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Lighting 68.3 Reflection 68.2 Parallax 61.8 56% 66.1 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 62.7 Splatting 53.9 50% 62.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300 128GB-$170 2,748 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3540000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1280 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 231 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12918981010 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 44 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 202 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 37 158914510879 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 287765561411 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 444 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1046 (F1) Unknown 253 253 808 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1734 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	89.2% Excellent	Read 479 Write 253 Mixed 349 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 29.3 142% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 61 104% 206 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.2% 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 116 99 111634050 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3299 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 25789648393 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7530 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1993 (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 73 61 538443803 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 51539607579 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 28 111634050 (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 -130816113889181 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1722779869 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2866882073	44.9% Average	Read 79.5 Write 77.2 Mixed 77.4 59% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.21 58% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.9% 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 way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 171 6041 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 275 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1237 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 229 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 22750 (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	80.8% Excellent	Read 160 Write 122 Mixed 128 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.19 89% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.8% 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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 24.1 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 24.7 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 91%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 59%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	137x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16