MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.8% 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	88.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160122
Uptime	22.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '18 at 22:53
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 517 69% 517 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 92.6% 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: 388.13 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 113 Parallax 96.9 85% 105 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 100 81% 98.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 136GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5140 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1133 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 56 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 107 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1276838182	111% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 416 Mixed 422 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 48.3 190% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 51.5 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 27.6 60% 117 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^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 7132 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1781 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 97 (AE) Unknown 100 100 448 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 55 193273528352 (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 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 17137974479 (F7) Unknown 100 100 540121616 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1012997806	88.2% Excellent	Read 501 Write 266 Mixed 346 82% 371 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 27.2 132% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 50.9 101% 205 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 91%
WD WD5000AACS-00G8B 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 292GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 458 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 365 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 174 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12472 (C2) HDA temperature 108 104 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 79 (F1) Unknown 200 200 1460838428 (F2) Unknown 200 200 401408242	82.4% Excellent	Read 160 Write 127 Mixed 125 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.36 134% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 82%

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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	72.7% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22.2 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 23.9 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.7% 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%

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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 $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) $34	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