MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.15% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171204
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 09:46
Run Duration	463 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G4560-$31 70,054 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 100 2-Core 196 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 304 8-Core 316 41% 310 Pts	64-Core 313 19% 313 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Sapphire(174B E164) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.15% Terrible	Lighting 1.33 Reflection 1.96 Parallax 1.62 1% 1.64 fps	MRender 1.86 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.87 1% 1.52 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.15% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$155 2,976 User benchmarks, average bench 126% 477GB free Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 1,512 Write 556 Mixed 749 205% 939 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 19.2 128% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 446 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 19.1 109% 253 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 142%
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 120GB-$106 3,124 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 0GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 19434358 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 60206851570355 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4216 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1219 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 19434358 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 19434358 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 19434358 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14208 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12159 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12159 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15484	48.4% Average	Read 413 Write 132 Mixed 179 53% 241 MB/s	4K Read 2.28 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 13.1 67% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 20.2 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 8.52 30% 61.2 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 12GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 156144722 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5154 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 121163587977 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36290 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4434 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 54 622723109 (C2) HDA temperature 37 46 30064771109 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 67 57 199546813 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	36.6% Below average	Read 64.6 Write 62.7 Mixed 59.8 47% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.39 95% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 43%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 8GB 12,066 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	2.81% Terrible	Read 7.71 Write 3.19 Mixed 1.99 4% 4.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.17 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.006 16% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 2.81% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 22.4 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 88%

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Gaming 62%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 49%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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