MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


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 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170418
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '20 at 06:47
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 567 76% 569 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 122 Parallax 117 89% 116 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 104 Splatting 108 87% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDRE500GB 500GB 1,852 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 261GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1026A SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 394 226 243 259 435 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 514 Write 430 Mixed 330 SusWrite 314 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 30.4 4K Mixed 31 101% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 152 112% 149 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 103%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 126GB free Firmware: 0C3G37R5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 188 131 150 99 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 503 Write 412 Mixed 331 SusWrite 162 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 37.8 143% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 89.1 DQ Mixed 102 100% 165 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 453GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 132 131 109 132 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 125 Write 88 Mixed 67.6 SusWrite 128 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 32.6 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 29.9 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 106%

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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 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 $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