MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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	8.63% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	95.6% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '17 at 06:08
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (55^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)	85% Excellent	Memory 86.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 226 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 658 69% 553 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% MSI(1462 8A9E) 2GB CLim: 1006 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	8.63% Terrible	Lighting 9.63 Reflection 8.96 Parallax 11.2 8% 9.92 fps	MRender 13 Gravity 11.6 Splatting 12.5 10% 12.4 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.63% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSFJ256GCSU 256GB 3,843 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: JULA1102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 1406 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2169 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 36 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 197 197 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 893 (C2) HDA temperature 73 55 193274380315 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	95.6% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 457 Mixed 487 108% 486 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 24.2 114% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 168 160% 252 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 100%
Patriot Blast 120GB 4,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 62GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 903 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1460 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 127 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1179677 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 649 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2349	72% Very good	Read 517 Write 327 Mixed 338 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 9.6 97% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 33.5 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 9.62 31% 64.3 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 135556608 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7650 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 68749589157 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6058 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6973 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 163211247658 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 74 54 13322747930 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2680 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 61 61 78892 (C2) HDA temperature 26 46 -140737488355302 (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 -6034429047683 (F1) Unknown 100 253 36624558696 (F2) Unknown 100 253 83749573742	64.6% Good	Read 117 Write 106 Mixed 75.6 74% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 7.25 4K Mixed 0.57 215% 2.75 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 113%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 559GB free Firmware: 2BC10008 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 85 82 4611 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1968 (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 1748 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2613 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 48 223338889241 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 3 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 22224	56.4% Above average	Read 80.3 Write 116 Mixed 92.1 72% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.24 70% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 70%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 262GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 16 (03) Spinup time 173 163 6316 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9308 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8187 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8272 (C0) Power-off retract count 195 195 4302 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 154 154 139936 (C2) HDA temperature 124 101 26 (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 1	41.3% Average	Read 71.5 Write 72.3 Mixed 67.3 53% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.18 67% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-15-15 D4-2400 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAD11 8313 CL15-15-15 D4-2400 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAD11 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.7% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 23.2 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 21.3 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 77%

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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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $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 $45	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