MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.8% 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	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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160224
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '17 at 02:23
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 (95^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 139 2-Core 256 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 667 70% 561 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$265 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2740 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 163 Parallax 101 132% 142 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 151 Splatting 119 107% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2990 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 419 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 23 (AE) Unknown 100 100 48 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 49 219044380708 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 9800908436 (F7) Unknown 100 100 307197916 (F8) Unknown 100 100 286847148 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1929 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	81.8% Excellent	Read 486 Write 323 Mixed 309 82% 373 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 15.3 106% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 16.4 81% 186 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 99%
Seagate ST33000650NS 3TB-$100 3,609 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2.5TB free Firmware: RA61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 65 187552987 (03) Spinup time 90 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1005 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 4297568647 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2566 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 285 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 49 689373225 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1061 (C2) HDA temperature 41 51 73014444073 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 5 187552987 (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 24159191041572 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2970117660 (F2) Unknown 100 253 844149631	77.1% Very good	Read 133 Write 136 Mixed 131 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.47 126% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 341GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 10938990 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6263 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 303152019 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28684 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2758 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 55 571867170 (C2) HDA temperature 34 45 51539607586 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 25 10938990 (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 -47858820542676 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2797832000 (F2) Unknown 100 253 230290795	67.1% Good	Read 117 Write 117 Mixed 111 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.43 108% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 70%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 153 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 2.5TB free, PID a208 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 116 Write 119 Mixed 112 150% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.14 74% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 50%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 28GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 163 Write 63.9 Mixed 91 119% 106 MB/s	4K Read 7.81 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 3.58 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 25,824 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.3% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 21.3 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 21.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 88%

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Typical Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970) Builds (Compare 360 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $265Bench 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 $40Bench 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: $447

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16