MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	341% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '21 at 20:58
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 267 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 737 77% 616 Pts	64-Core 763 47% 763 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.2.2 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 113 Parallax 183 96% 138 fps	MRender 93.7 Gravity 128 Splatting 77.8 80% 100 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$69 17,082 User benchmarks, average bench 256% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: P4CR324 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2143 2212 1958 2188 2094 740 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	341% Outstanding	Read 2,625 Write 2,294 Mixed 1,588 SusWrite 1,889 471% 2,099 MB/s	4K Read 51.9 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 69.8 232% 81.1 MB/s	DQ Read 897 DQ Write 1,302 DQ Mixed 1,104 834% 1,101 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 341% Great: 332%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 885GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 102 103 103 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 98.3 Mixed 65.6 SusWrite 102 68% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 112%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 160 157 160 160 161 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 146 Mixed 95.7 SusWrite 159 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 112%
Kingston DataTraveler HyperX USB 3.0 64GB-$104 633 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 58GB free, PID 162b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 184 178 183 160 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 272 Write 140 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 179 205% 168 MB/s	4K Read 9.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 2.7 148% 4.3 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 24.6 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 25.2 76% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 97%

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Typical Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) Builds (Compare 790 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $556

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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