MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80% 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	66.2% 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.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '17 at 17:29
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 258 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 705 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
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: 382.53 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80% Excellent	Lighting 99.5 Reflection 108 Parallax 100 81% 103 fps	MRender 94.8 Gravity 93.1 Splatting 96.6 78% 94.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 88%
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1055 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.5.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Lighting 73.1 Reflection 61.8 Parallax 86.2 60% 73.7 fps	MRender 62.2 Gravity 60.2 Splatting 79.3 56% 67.2 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX4 240GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 52GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6633 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 611 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 195 195 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 205 (C2) HDA temperature 67 44 240519151649	85.5% Excellent	Read 525 Write 324 Mixed 489 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 13.9 110% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 55.9 107% 217 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 105%
OCZ TRION100 128GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20269 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1053 (E8) Unknown 100 100 33510010528 (E9) Unknown 96 0 96	66.2% Good	Read 416 Write 213 Mixed 216 62% 281 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 11.8 91% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 10.5 70% 165 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 66%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 177 5258 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1363 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13546 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 735 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 276 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 356348 (C2) HDA temperature 115 95 35 (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	56.9% Above average	Read 91.3 Write 107 Mixed 103 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	88% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 27.3 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 27.4 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 97%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

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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 $195Bench 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 $39Bench 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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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $441

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16