MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive71.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7970
MotherboardMSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170418
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 07 '17 at 10:18
Run Duration118 Seconds
Run User BEL-User
Background CPU 20%
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 PC Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600-$132
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
83.5% Excellent
Memory 87.1
1-Core 117
2-Core 232
82% 145 Pts
4-Core 462
8-Core 461
62% 461 Pts
64-Core 455
28% 455 Pts
Poor: 47%
This bench: 83.5%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 143
Reflection 152
Parallax 132
117% 142 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 136
Splatting 109
98% 120 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 108%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150
705GB free
Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
286% Outstanding
Read 2,766
Write 1,487
Mixed 1,404
414% 1,886 MB/s
4K Read 52.4
4K Write 137
4K Mixed 47.4
212% 78.8 MB/s
DQ Read 540
DQ Write 409
DQ Mixed 190
219% 380 MB/s
Poor: 157%
This bench: 286%
Great: 302%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261
156GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
71.3% Very good
Read 496
Write 369
Mixed 444
97% 436 MB/s
4K Read 21.3
4K Write 70.4
4K Mixed 15.4
89% 35.7 MB/s
DQ Read 22.9
DQ Write 101
DQ Mixed 67.1
50% 63.8 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 71.3%
Great: 86%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR2 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
77.1% Very good
MC Read 27.9
MC Write 29.4
MC Mixed 25.4
79% 27.6 GB/s
SC Read 16.7
SC Write 28.3
SC Mixed 22.6
64% 22.5 GB/s
Latency 70.4
57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 77.1%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) Builds (Compare 791 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 62%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 49%
Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) - $200

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $556
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