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MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (2nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 98 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 37%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	21.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.2% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160224
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '22 at 19:49
Run Duration	517 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing way below expectations (2^nd 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-$127 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 0.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	37% Below average	Memory 59.9 1-Core 34.5 2-Core 43.4 33% 45.9 Pts	4-Core 79.4 8-Core 108 12% 93.6 Pts	64-Core 98.6 6% 98.6 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$449 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.96 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	21.7% Poor	Lighting 5.2 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 22.9 4% 12.9 fps	MRender 28.2 Gravity 92 Splatting 76.6 56% 65.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$330 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 217GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 138 19 13 21 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 1,063 Write 579 Mixed 640 SusWrite 103 132% 596 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 32.5 4K Mixed 22 84% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 100 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 150 100% 120 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 283%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 44 25 23 17 32 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 110 Write 148 Mixed 26.9 SusWrite 39.3 59% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 0.3 160% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 4,583 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	13% Very poor	MC Read 2.1 MC Write 3.6 MC Mixed 4.4 10% 3.37 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 6.6 18% 6.4 GB/s	Latency 128 31% 128 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 117%

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

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Typical Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) Builds (Compare 846 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 $90Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	287x
Core i7-6700KIntel $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	218x
Core i7-6700Intel $130Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	97x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	139x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	122x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	55x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	40x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $80Bench 275%, 495,311 samples	34x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $150Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	20x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	35x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	21x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	20x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $708

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $285	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $125
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $330