MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.5% 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	245% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '20 at 23:44
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 442 53% 407 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.5% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 128 Parallax 119 90% 119 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 125 Splatting 111 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme ADATA SX8200PNP 256GB 1,186 User benchmarks, average bench 206% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42A4SANA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 301 274 275 269 275 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,541 Write 1,224 Mixed 171 SusWrite 292 229% 1,057 MB/s	4K Read 66.1 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 89.3 308% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 815 DQ Write 524 DQ Mixed 322 334% 554 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 255%
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 77GB free Firmware: O0918B SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 196 196 196 197 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 194 Mixed 254 SusWrite 193 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 47.2 172% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 174 133% 184 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 90%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 204GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 113 113 114 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 156 Write 144 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 113 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3200 C16 Series 2x8GB 42,084 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 41.8 MC Mixed 30.3 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 42.3 SC Mixed 30.4 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) - $200

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	275x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	203x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	94x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	133x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	117x
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	32x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $130Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	20x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	34x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $739

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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