MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	7.57% 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	53.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '17 at 17:06
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 771 88% 685 Pts	64-Core 751 46% 751 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 90%

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. 20.19.15.4331 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.57% Terrible	Lighting 8 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 8.03 6% 9.23 fps	MRender 10.1 Gravity 7.03 Splatting 16.3 10% 11.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.57% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 25380925 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -9775345563733 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1115 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 41 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 65 51543867417 (C2) HDA temperature 25 65 51543867417 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 25380925 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 25380925 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 25380925 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 86 86 60129542145 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17685 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4319 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4319 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7254 (F4) Unknown 97 97 6422626	53.2% Above average	Read 388 Write 109 Mixed 171 48% 223 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 17.3 90% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 66.7 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 12.8 34% 70 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 915GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 169 2458 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1094 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 858 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 612 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2258 (C2) HDA temperature 113 93 30 (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 200 196 36 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	98.2% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 153 Mixed 153 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.28 131% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 109%
Mass Storage Device 640GB 432 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 406GB free, PID 6116 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 39.7 Write 41.2 Mixed 40.7 53% 40.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.26 61% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB 16,624 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 22.4 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 23.4 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 89%

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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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	273x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	199x
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	116x
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	32x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $130Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	20x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	34x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $610

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16