MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	39.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180630
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '20 at 13:24
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 533 72% 537 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2064 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 128 Parallax 117 93% 120 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 107 Splatting 108 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
V Series SATA SSD 120GB 3,411 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: V2.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 64 67 67 68 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 446 Write 288 Mixed 252 SusWrite 91.2 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 8.1 4K Mixed 7.4 50% 13.1 MB/s	DQ Read 78.3 DQ Write 7.9 DQ Mixed 8.9 15% 31.7 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 85%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 42GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 79 79 79 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 87.6 Write 88.9 Mixed 62.9 SusWrite 78.1 59% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 60%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 2GB 664 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 1607 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5 5.1 5.2 5.1 5 5.2 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	4.73% Terrible	Read 13.7 Write 4 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 5.1 8% 6.75 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 26% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.73% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 28 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 23.4 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 34.3 SC Mixed 24.3 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 97%

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

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Typical Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) Builds (Compare 791 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 62%

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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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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