MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	221% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

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Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151021
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '20 at 09:47
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 86.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 233 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 464 62% 462 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 116 Parallax 105 90% 111 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 103 Splatting 84.7 77% 95.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLB256HAHQ-000H1 256GB 20,171 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXD70H1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 302 302 306 308 303 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,863 Write 1,412 Mixed 1045 SusWrite 316 257% 1,159 MB/s	4K Read 56.9 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 75.4 256% 90.1 MB/s	DQ Read 958 DQ Write 1,211 DQ Mixed 1,031 793% 1,067 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 235%
SDM8SI480A 480GB 595 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 367GB free Firmware: T0724A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 319 393 385 384 386 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 440 Write 393 Mixed 332 SusWrite 358 86% 380 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 25.9 135% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 34.7 75% 148 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	83.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 27 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 22.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 98%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 69%

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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 $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 $94Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $446

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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