MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 99.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.6% 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	98.9% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '16 at 15:05
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 148 2-Core 296 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 587 8-Core 590 79% 588 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 121 Parallax 102 98% 114 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Geil ZENITH R3_120GB 120GB 285 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: GAJ1501 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^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 13 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 141 (A3) Unknown 100 100 11 (A4) Unknown 100 100 3379 (A5) Unknown 100 100 11 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8930 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6342 (F5) Unknown 100 100 6758	98.9% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 344 Mixed 423 94% 425 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 33.5 148% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 21 92% 204 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 96%
Seagate ST31000524NS 1TB-$94 5,596 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 752GB free Firmware: KA05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 63 114961160 (03) Spinup time 95 70 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 528 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 237564452 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 36967 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 508 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 572194850 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 167 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 521 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 68719476770 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 13 114961160 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 74689481315677 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3022963106 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4004584803	68.8% Good	Read 112 Write 127 Mixed 110 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.58 135% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-17-17 D4-3000 2x4GB 98 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 29.2 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 28.8 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

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

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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 $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