MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	280% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '19 at 01:19
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 202 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 385 51% 384 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 859F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 98.9 Reflection 109 Parallax 92.6 81% 100 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 98.6 79% 96.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 94GB free Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 183 109 57 50 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 481 Write 392 Mixed 379 SusWrite 126 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 30.7 151% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 48.3 95% 188 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 100%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 350GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1108 1271 832 832 833 828 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 1939 Write 1,807 Mixed 1,398 SusWrite 951 341% 1,524 MB/s	4K Read 64.2 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 87.3 291% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,306 DQ Write 1,106 DQ Mixed 1,210 905% 1,207 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 355%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 4GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 127 Write 103 Mixed 78 125% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.5 140% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 16% Great: 65%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 750GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 40 41 42 41 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 39.2 Write 39 Mixed 32.4 SusWrite 40.8 52% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.1 98% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 65%
WD My Passport 25E2 2TB 8,938 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 3GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 30 31 31 30 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 35.5 Write 35.4 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 30.2 44% 32.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 52% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFD824A.C16FBD1 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	77.4% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 23.6 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 23.1 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 77%

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Typical Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) Builds (Compare 791 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	271x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	196x
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	115x
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	31x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $55Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	34x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $556

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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