MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.7% 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	92.5% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '17 at 08:34
Run Duration	371 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 241 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 670 68% 552 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 117 Parallax 96.9 94% 110 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 102 Splatting 101 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 6030 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 222 (A8) Unknown 100 100 297 (AA) Unknown 100 100 408 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5636279 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C2) HDA temperature 71 47 227634315293 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 101 (DA) Unknown 100 100 101 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9785 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4394 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4278 (F4) Unknown 100 100 86 (F5) Unknown 100 100 183 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2960864	92.5% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 347 Mixed 409 94% 426 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 13.8 124% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 13.8 101% 235 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 625GB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 78 8 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1540 (05) Reallocated sector count 7 7 61504 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 86218746221 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15076 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1527 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1674 (BC) Unknown 100 95 163211247689 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 46 30552358941 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1541 (C2) HDA temperature 29 54 -140737488355299 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 11 8 (C5) Current pending sector count 67 1 2762 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 67 1 2762 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -113082193921236 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3390405749 (F2) Unknown 100 253 499972325	74.1% Very good	Read 125 Write 133 Mixed 107 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.76 134% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 75%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	4.72% Terrible	Read 19.4 Write 3.22 Mixed 4.54 8% 9.05 MB/s	4K Read 5.05 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.003 19% 1.68 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.72% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 47,473 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.2% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 9.4 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 10.6 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 48%

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Typical Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) Builds (Compare 790 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 $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 $42Bench 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) $30	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