MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 99.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161214
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '17 at 07:33
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 152 2-Core 303 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 601 8-Core 582 80% 591 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1751 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.5% Very good	Lighting 94.5 Reflection 93.2 Parallax 81.8 77% 89.8 fps	MRender 84.7 Gravity 81.5 Splatting 79 67% 81.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 152GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1475 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 473 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 66 57 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1126321489	112% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 418 Mixed 423 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 30.2 177% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 29.9 102% 225 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1502 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 477 (B1) Unknown 97 97 11 (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 62 44 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 35 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4896723911	71.6% Very good	Read 494 Write 276 Mixed 277 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 52.5 4K Mixed 15.4 115% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 43.7 DQ Write 52.7 DQ Mixed 15.2 21% 37.2 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 114%
WD Red Pro 4TB (2014)-$229 679 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 149 11066 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 465 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21332 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 220 (10) Unknown 33 167 580776650059 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1821 (C2) HDA temperature 117 100 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	107% Outstanding	Read 212 Write 162 Mixed 153 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 3.06 4K Mixed 0.32 120% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 101%
Toshiba MK5059GSXP 500GB-$50 5,600 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 454GB free Firmware: GN001A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2048 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1789 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 1824 (0A) Spinup retry count 135 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 931 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 10145 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219043856411 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 30 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 177 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 339 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	36.1% Below average	Read 62.7 Write 63.2 Mixed 60.8 47% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.22 48% 0.32 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D26AFTA.16FAD 2x8GB 604 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 30.1 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 28.8 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 94%

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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	45x

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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x
750 EVO 500GBSamsungBench 103%, 31,052 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	16x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	14x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $461

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) $35	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