MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.9% 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	79% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '16 at 21:04
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 109 2-Core 216 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 369 45% 344 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 121 Parallax 103 96% 114 fps	MRender 99.7 Gravity 106 Splatting 105 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 256GB-$29 2,279 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4140000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1459 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 200 (A5) Unknown 100 100 69469078 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 39 (A9) Unknown 100 100 192 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12 (AE) Unknown 100 100 111 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 62 266289086494 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2465332658750 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3107 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4419 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4070 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3079 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	79% Very good	Read 482 Write 331 Mixed 274 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 19.1 108% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 22.6 58% 127 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 242097752 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5866 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 56 50 506864687927 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19695 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2170 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 87 87 13 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098501 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 73 52 9044688923 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1427 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 66671 (C2) HDA temperature 27 48 -140737488355301 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 196 9265 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -116737211092404 (F1) Unknown 100 253 67027536170 (F2) Unknown 100 253 94207619513	86.5% Excellent	Read 167 Write 135 Mixed 38.8 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.26 79% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 113%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 416GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 61 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 364 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 61 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 37 (C2) HDA temperature 115 104 28 (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	81.5% Excellent	Read 140 Write 144 Mixed 78.2 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.29 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.32 131% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 162GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3196 (03) Spinup time 158 151 5100 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10623 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 33359 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5651 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2591 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5651 (C2) HDA temperature 115 94 32 (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 9281 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	41% Average	Read 70.8 Write 71.6 Mixed 47.8 47% 63.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.37 92% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 51%
ASMT 2115 4TB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 135 Write 127 Mixed 87.8 145% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.28 94% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 33.6 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 21 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 98%

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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

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $556

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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