MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160921
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '17 at 05:54
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 242 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 644 67% 541 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Lighting 71.7 Reflection 71.5 Parallax 63.9 58% 69 fps	MRender 74.4 Gravity 66.1 Splatting 56.2 53% 65.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75 5,451 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 91 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (B7) Unknown 100 100 20 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 39 100 81607196711 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 19111 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 57 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19111 (F2) Unknown 100 100 25948 (F9) Unknown 100 100 695	67% Good	Read 455 Write 178 Mixed 254 65% 296 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 20.2 101% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 43.8 69% 132 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 230322080 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 169 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2469909 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 84 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 134 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 60 588906531 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 170 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 60129542179 (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 -50156628082607 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1711281881 (F2) Unknown 100 253 811959047	108% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 179 Mixed 180 140% 185 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.22 82% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 868GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 131 131 12896108724 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 932 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 754 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 908 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1419 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1419 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 176094511143 (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 200 200 0	97.2% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 176 Mixed 158 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.2 86% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.1% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 12.2 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 15.5 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 95%

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Gaming 62%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 49%

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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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $556

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16