MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.31% 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	60.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150907
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '15 at 11:38
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 217 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 427 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7970) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.15.4256 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.31% Terrible	Lighting 6.67 Reflection 9.58 Parallax 5.34 5% 7.2 fps	MRender 9.14 Gravity 5.73 Splatting 13.2 8% 9.35 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.31% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.2.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10466139 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 126821794320311 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1461 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 54 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 57 77313146914 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10466139 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10466139 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10466139 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5151 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8815 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8815 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5404	60.5% Good	Read 468 Write 259 Mixed 303 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 11 82% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 22.2 DQ Write 79.8 DQ Mixed 9.22 19% 37.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 89%
Hitachi HCT721010SLA360 1TB 195 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 783GB free Firmware: ST6OA31E Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 126 126 38685508021 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6511 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18224 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2948 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 7011 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 7011 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 236224512036 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 5 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	57% Above average	Read 98 Write 101 Mixed 96.3 74% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.46 98% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-030.A00G 9905625-029.A00G 16GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 26.1 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 25.4 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 79%

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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