MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '19 at 01:45
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 263 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 457 64% 473 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 109 Parallax 96.7 85% 103 fps	MRender 91.2 Gravity 96.2 Splatting 85.7 74% 91 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 196 Write 202 Mixed 173 43% 191 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 22.9 119% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 156 113% 145 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 84%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 71GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 271 263 244 118 175 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 312 Write 375 Mixed 261 SusWrite 234 67% 296 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 35.1 156% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 208 191% 296 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 108%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 290GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 76.7 Write 23.5 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 27.4 29% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 92% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 63%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 580GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 95 95 94 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 89.3 Write 99 Mixed 52 SusWrite 94.4 61% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.5% Average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 13 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 13.7 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 80%

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

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Gaming 62%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 49%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	271x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	196x
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	115x
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	31x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $42Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	34x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $556

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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