MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.4% 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	25.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '19 at 18:29
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 (92^nd percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 752 74% 607 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 119 Parallax 99 85% 107 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 97.8 Splatting 104 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 386GB free (System drive) Firmware: UG4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 2.3 33 1.1 2.3 2.1 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	25.1% Poor	Read 262 Write 137 Mixed 138 SusWrite 34.5 32% 143 MB/s	4K Read 9.1 4K Write 22 4K Mixed 9.3 37% 13.5 MB/s	DQ Read 30.6 DQ Write 21.3 DQ Mixed 34.5 23% 28.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 61%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 696GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 83 68 86 86 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 84 Write 83.5 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 82.6 59% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 109%
Toshiba External USB HDD 500GB 253 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 166GB free, PID a001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 43 43 43 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 41.8 Write 40 Mixed 29 SusWrite 42.4 52% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 20%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 4GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.1 8.5 7.8 8.6 8.6 8.6 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 23.7 Write 8.3 Mixed 9 SusWrite 8.2 14% 12.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2.6 174% 3.63 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14/16G 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76.7% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 24 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 23.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 77%

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Typical Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) Builds (Compare 801 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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	275x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	200x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	94x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	131x
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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $610

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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