MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	19.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	5.6 Days
Run Date	May 21 '17 at 15:24
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6320-$165 1,734 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	67.4% Good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 201 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 244 8-Core 267 34% 256 Pts	64-Core 262 16% 262 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3753) CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Lighting 24 Reflection 18.9 Parallax 22.1 20% 21.6 fps	MRender 27.6 Gravity 25.8 Splatting 19.2 19% 24.2 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3291 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 850 (A5) Unknown 100 100 495062 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 126 (AE) Unknown 100 100 33 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 31 214748561439 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 420 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 571 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10821644200 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8701851739	45.8% Average	Read 439 Write 251 Mixed 296 73% 329 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 11.9 4K Mixed 7.8 40% 11.8 MB/s	DQ Read 37 DQ Write 12.1 DQ Mixed 6.74 10% 18.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 56%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 880GB free Firmware: AX001U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^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 2589 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1316 (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 78 78 9018 (0A) Spinup retry count 126 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1311 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 121 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 29218 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206159085592 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 88 88 5120 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 281 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	62.9% Good	Read 110 Write 109 Mixed 99.7 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.21 77% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	MC Read 28 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 27.4 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 22 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 88%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970) Builds (Compare 359 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	137x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	78x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	45x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	57x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	46x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x
750 EVO 500GBSamsungBench 103%, 31,052 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	16x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	14x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $461

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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