MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.7% 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	79.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '17 at 18:56
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 208 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 408 55% 410 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 36FC) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 116 Parallax 98.1 86% 106 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 101 82% 99.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 102GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3082 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 593 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 59 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 48 (F1) Unknown 99 99 729359866	101% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 403 Mixed 420 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 40.7 138% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 111 137% 244 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5463 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1237 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 59 (AE) Unknown 100 100 348 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 56 188978561059 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 11988405079 (F7) Unknown 100 100 377748979 (F8) Unknown 100 100 564542424	79.2% Very good	Read 485 Write 261 Mixed 345 80% 364 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 25.4 105% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 45.3 95% 194 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 91%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 180GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 175 6150 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10997 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27233 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3639 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 932 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10997 (C2) HDA temperature 110 99 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 199 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 199 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 834 (C8) Write error rate 200 191 0	42.8% Average	Read 75.3 Write 73.7 Mixed 65.2 54% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.3 92% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 69%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 139GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 188 3516 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8361 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16695 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2754 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 749 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 413439 (C2) HDA temperature 110 96 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.2% Average	Read 90.3 Write 80.8 Mixed 81.5 63% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.4 107% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2666C15-4GVR Kingston KHX2800C14D4/4GX 0420 F4-2666C15-4GVR 12GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.5% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 14.8 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 74%

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Typical Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972) Builds (Compare 368 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 $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	120x
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	37x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	30x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $454

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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