MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.2% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A TOMAHAWK (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '19 at 08:35
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	13%

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 i5-6600-$122 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 223 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 400 47% 365 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 112 Parallax 99.5 86% 106 fps	MRender 91.9 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 80.4 72% 89.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP910SS 128GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 111GB free Firmware: 1.04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 153 160 160 160 160 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 451 Write 161 Mixed 203 SusWrite 158 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 35.5 137% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 64.8 87% 162 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 79%
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB 830 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0616B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 145 65 25 15 45 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 5% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$28 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 685GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 174 181 182 181 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 183 Mixed 77 SusWrite 179 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15D4/8G KHX2400C15D4/8G 32GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.7% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 26 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22.5 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	279x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	208x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	94x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	136x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	118x
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 $69Bench 275%, 495,311 samples	32x
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $130Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	20x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	34x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	19x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $677

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