MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 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	Mar 05 '18 at 22:36
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 87.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 282 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 597 64% 509 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 152 Parallax 130 113% 140 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 135 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%
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)	7.67% Terrible	Lighting 8.33 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.44 7% 9.58 fps	MRender 8.29 Gravity 7.43 Splatting 16.4 9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.67% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2201000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 21 100 1045 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 911 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4789 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4841 (A9) Unknown 100 100 196 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5244 (AE) Unknown 100 100 275 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 100 231928234016 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 160 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 411261 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3930 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6721	65.5% Good	Read 495 Write 183 Mixed 263 69% 313 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 4.1 103% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 27 55% 108 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 71%
Sandisk SD8SBAT128G1122 1TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 202GB 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 119 99 211256471 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1544 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 43443149322 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11480 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1527 (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 79 49 353632277 (C2) HDA temperature 21 51 38654705685 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 18 211256471 (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 -61370787677004 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2165489913 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18732010	66.8% Good	Read 120 Write 113 Mixed 107 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.57 119% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 71%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 29GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	12% Very poor	Read 38.1 Write 10.5 Mixed 12 20% 20.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.59 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 1.4 100% 2.64 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 20,263 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.5% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 11.7 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 11.7 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 48%

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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 $81Bench 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 $94Bench 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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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $452

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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