MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit kolorów, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 17:31
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 254 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 723 74% 598 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3282) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 77.3 Reflection 75.9 Parallax 66.4 63% 73.2 fps	MRender 70.1 Gravity 62.4 Splatting 71.1 56% 67.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8870 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2091 (B1) Unknown 95 95 56 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 461 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18797051873	85.1% Excellent	Read 493 Write 348 Mixed 335 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 21.1 131% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 44.8 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 19.6 49% 96.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 335GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E5 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 307 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 76 48 7368 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4045 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19279 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 123 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3796 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 154619674649 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 120 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 25 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 123 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5615	71% Very good	Read 99.5 Write 148 Mixed 121 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.45 111% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 221GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 30059408 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3306 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 54097335 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12377 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2951 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 65 17617649690 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 751 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 49963 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 -140737488355302 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 75024488735988 (F1) Unknown 100 253 45023649560 (F2) Unknown 100 253 58409602413	92.5% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 151 Mixed 141 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.3 80% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 114%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 184GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 130 114 6475 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2983 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 45678 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 854 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 487 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1560087 (C2) HDA temperature 120 82 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.3% Above average	Read 93.4 Write 92.2 Mixed 87.6 68% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.23 70% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 57%
DYNAMODE STORAGE 320GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 126GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.5% Poor	Read 60.7 Write 62.5 Mixed 38.3 67% 53.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.31 67% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown GY2400D464L15/8G 2x8GB 180 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 24.4 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 20.7 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 92%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 49%

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

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	273x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	199x
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	116x
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	32x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $130Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	20x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	34x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $610

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16