MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% 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	89.5% 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 (12%). 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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1882 x 1058 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '17 at 23:06
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 266 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 493 64% 483 Pts	64-Core 494 31% 494 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 201 Parallax 173 150% 186 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 179 Splatting 128 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 396GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^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 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 69 133145362461 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 88291951 (F7) Unknown 100 100 2767709 (F8) Unknown 100 100 158332 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1945 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	88.9% Excellent	Read 486 Write 334 Mixed 338 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 26.7 122% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 45.5 98% 204 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 99%
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5349 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 623 (B1) Unknown 43 43 284 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 45 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 28 (F1) Unknown 99 99 36566496138	89.5% Excellent	Read 495 Write 274 Mixed 275 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 28.4 137% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 61.8 103% 204 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 573GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 626 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5341 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 622 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 614 (C2) HDA temperature 113 101 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	113% Outstanding	Read 222 Write 174 Mixed 159 138% 185 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.26 106% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 319GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 86452658 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 346 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16378771 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2961 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 346 (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 71 53 505085981 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 386 (C2) HDA temperature 29 10 42949672989 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 86452658 (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 -65098819302514 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10532729839 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8121184883	85.4% Excellent	Read 160 Write 138 Mixed 136 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.28 81% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 112%
Samsung HD251KJ 250GB 215 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 143GB free Firmware: CM100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5504 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2107 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19885 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1081 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 280095 (BB) vendor-specific 49 49 65588 (BC) Unknown 100 100 19 (BE) vendor-specific 72 54 28 (C2) HDA temperature 151 100 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 280095 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 13	44.7% Average	Read 79 Write 76.6 Mixed 69.2 56% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.32 88% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 2x8GB 8,162 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	86% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 27.4 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 27.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 90%

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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 $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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Total price: $447

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16