MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK AC (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93% 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	78.2% 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	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '17 at 15:01
Run Duration	384 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 819 85% 684 Pts	64-Core 815 50% 815 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2227 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 127 Parallax 108 94% 117 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 107 Splatting 112 90% 110 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 225 100 2529 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 281 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3006 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3057 (A9) Unknown 100 100 26 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3027 (AE) Unknown 100 100 68 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 100 249108103204 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 101 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 636579 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6799 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7082	78.2% Very good	Read 494 Write 367 Mixed 417 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 4.43 118% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 29.9 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 22.7 36% 63.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 86%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 64GB 156 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 56GB free, PID c08a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	4.93% Terrible	Read 20.5 Write 4.03 Mixed 9.73 12% 11.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.004 17% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.93% Great: 11%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 8GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 5GB free, PID b2b3 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	9.79% Terrible	Read 18.8 Write 10.9 Mixed 12.4 17% 14.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.28 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.91 88% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 9.79% Great: 10%

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 @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 24.2 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 27.5 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 98%

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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 $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 $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 $40Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $447

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16