MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	76.5% 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	271% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

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System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180630
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '18 at 15:53
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 149 2-Core 295 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 597 8-Core 596 80% 596 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3681) CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.12.2 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.5% Very good	Lighting 88.3 Reflection 87.8 Parallax 142 72% 106 fps	MRender 85.1 Gravity 96.2 Splatting 122 85% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 625 313 308 310 310 310 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 2,530 Write 1,470 Mixed 1,055 SusWrite 363 298% 1,354 MB/s	4K Read 65.7 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 89.5 314% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 969 DQ Write 1,313 DQ Mixed 1,002 796% 1,095 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 280%
ESA3SME2HTMTT120GB 120GB 281 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 64GB free Firmware: O1015A SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 58 57 58 59 58 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 337 Mixed 342 SusWrite 97.3 71% 321 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 47.1 171% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 233 188% 264 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 92%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 295GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 106 106 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 107 Write 104 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 106 71% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 58%
Seagate ST340014AS 40GB-$50 831 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 13GB free Firmware: 3.45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 49 50 50 50 50 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Read 49.5 Write 6.2 Mixed 10.2 SusWrite 48.5 21% 28.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 77% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x4GB-$47 29,751 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 30.2 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 29.8 82% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 98%

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Typical Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) Builds (Compare 793 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	272x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	197x
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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	18x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $605

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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