MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	50.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.3% 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.

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

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '18 at 23:23
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 556 74% 556 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Asus(1043 04B0) CLim: 1310 MHz, MLim: 1735 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.3.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Lighting 64.1 Reflection 68.6 Parallax 79.8 52% 70.8 fps	MRender 65.4 Gravity 58.9 Splatting 55.1 48% 59.8 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10716 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 486 (A5) Unknown 100 100 124635579461 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 25 (A8) Unknown 100 100 30 (A9) Unknown 100 100 269 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13 (AE) Unknown 100 100 93 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 67 287763922978 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3350096839436 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3042 (EA) Unknown 100 100 11201 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8069 (F2) Unknown 253 253 66665 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	68.3% Good	Read 481 Write 278 Mixed 259 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 78.6 4K Mixed 11.5 96% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 31.5 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 9.66 37% 75.9 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 101%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 132GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 150 150 12893946024 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7574 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 81 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 22181 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1252 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7706 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7706 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 231928758302 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 84 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 96 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	63.8% Good	Read 113 Write 110 Mixed 134 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.18 68% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB-$210 3,970 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 31.4 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 28.6 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 110%

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 59%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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