MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	95.3% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150907
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '18 at 10:17
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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-$81 342,244 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 (94^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 221 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 455 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36B3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.8% Below average	Lighting 44.1 Reflection 42 Parallax 41.4 36% 42.5 fps	MRender 38.7 Gravity 36.7 Splatting 34 30% 36.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 327GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2603 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 127 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 67 63 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6729155167	95.3% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 397 Mixed 408 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 27.1 141% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 108 107% 177 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 112GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 30651 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 996 (B1) Unknown 86 86 159 (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 73 53 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 102 (F1) Unknown 99 99 46866005469	88% Excellent	Read 486 Write 333 Mixed 331 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 22.3 128% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 65.2 99% 188 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 880GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 68 9089 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10161 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 35928 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2701 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 154 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 10315 (C2) HDA temperature 64 50 214749020186 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 64 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 35928 (F1) Unknown 95 94 7499012 (F2) Unknown 99 93 2317677 (FE) Unknown 100 100 1	71.8% Very good	Read 103 Write 147 Mixed 113 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.55 135% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.9% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 14.5 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 13.7 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 91%

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Gaming 62%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 49%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	270x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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