MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

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Run History

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System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '16 at 09:36
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 695 70% 571 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 150 Parallax 141 120% 146 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 142 Splatting 111 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 139 Write 132 Mixed 114 29% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 8.02 4K Mixed 0.55 6% 3.11 MB/s	DQ Read 0.79 DQ Write 7.69 DQ Mixed 0.6 2% 3.02 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 19%
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0330AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 20 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 40 (A3) Unknown 100 100 212 (94) Unknown 100 100 2989 (95) Unknown 100 100 60 (96) Unknown 100 100 1 (97) Unknown 100 100 43 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2563 (A5) Unknown 100 100 9 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36426173513753 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4427 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2793 (F5) Unknown 100 100 15137 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5978 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	77.6% Very good	Read 498 Write 249 Mixed 274 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 23.8 107% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 31.3 77% 166 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 92%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 135 135 21492269352 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 16 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 131 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 69 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 167505035296 (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	100% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 174 Mixed 168 130% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.19 98% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x16GB 9,797 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 24.6 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 24.6 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 95%

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

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Typical Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972) Builds (Compare 370 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972) - $89

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	121x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	100x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	36x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	61x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	38x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	30x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	11x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $496

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16