MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics77.5% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7970
MotherboardMSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)  (all builds)
Memory28 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180630
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMar 07 '21 at 14:33
Run Duration104 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
91.4% Outstanding
Memory 94.7
1-Core 128
2-Core 252
89% 158 Pts
4-Core 474
8-Core 703
73% 589 Pts
64-Core 697
43% 697 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 91.4%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
Nvidia(10DE 2182) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
77.5% Very good
Lighting 98.7
Reflection 100
Parallax 90.8
80% 96.6 fps
MRender 98.8
Gravity 91
Splatting 78.2
72% 89.3 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 77.5%
Great: 81%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate ST1000NM0011 1TB
356GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SN03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 61 60 63 65 67 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
44.9% Average
Read 94.6
Write 98.6
Mixed 58.8
SusWrite 61.7
58% 78.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 1
176% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 44.9%
Great: 84%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
105% Outstanding
MC Read 39.2
MC Write 40.6
MC Mixed 32.6
107% 37.5 GB/s
SC Read 22.1
SC Write 45.8
SC Mixed 30.8
94% 32.9 GB/s
Latency 58.1
69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 105%
Great: 118%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) Builds (Compare 790 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 62%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 49%
Yacht

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $556
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