MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84% 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	115% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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 (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '19 at 06:38
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 139 2-Core 259 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 747 73% 599 Pts	64-Core 752 46% 752 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 113 Parallax 102 89% 108 fps	MRender 93.8 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 80.9 74% 91.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 464 471 479 466 465 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 469 Mixed 273 SusWrite 465 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 43.1 170% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 163 170% 281 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300 2,857 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 395GB free Firmware: X212T0RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 474 479 484 485 484 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 474 Mixed 291 SusWrite 476 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 44.1 173% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 153 168% 282 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 6GB free Firmware: 1AA01112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 53 56 64 62 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 82 Write 45.7 Mixed 51.5 SusWrite 58 44% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 60%
OOS1000G 1TB 4,080 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 492GB free SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 136 139 137 132 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 127 Write 116 Mixed 69 SusWrite 136 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 110%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 244GB free Firmware: 1AA01112 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 74 69 74 74 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 62.5 Write 36.5 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 72.6 42% 57 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL14-14-14 D4-2400 2x16GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 25.2 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 23.5 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 84%

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

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Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

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 $55Bench 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 $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 $179	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) $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