MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). 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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '18 at 23:19
Run Duration	269 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 82.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 283 92% 170 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 778 80% 643 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7970) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.99% Terrible	Lighting 8.4 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.47 7% 9.57 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 16.6 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.99% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Lighting 76.9 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 69 63% 74.7 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 70.7 Splatting 71 58% 70.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2201000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 244 100 1012 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 864 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4650 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4702 (A9) Unknown 100 100 196 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5086 (AE) Unknown 100 100 267 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 100 231928234023 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 155 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 399054 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3360 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5943	53.7% Above average	Read 394 Write 159 Mixed 155 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 3.84 85% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 81.9 DQ Mixed 3.73 33% 78.1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 71%
Sandisk SD8SBAT128G1122 1TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 334GB free Firmware: JC4A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 57678730 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1496 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 43441829929 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11331 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1480 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 78 78 22 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065673 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 49 387252247 (C2) HDA temperature 23 51 38654705687 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 18 57678730 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 15 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 15 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -24653112263776 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1656285066 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1849620810	57.9% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 104 Mixed 98.7 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.52 108% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 71%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 29GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 38.2 Write 9.7 Mixed 12.2 20% 20 MB/s	4K Read 5.64 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 1.39 142% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBR2 04CD F4-2133C15-8GNT 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	67% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 19.6 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 21.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 70%

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Typical Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970) Builds (Compare 360 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	78x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	46x

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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x
750 EVO 500GBSamsungBench 103%, 31,052 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	16x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	14x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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