MSI Z270M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.65% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	57.7% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A69
Motherboard	MSI Z270M MORTAR (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '17 at 18:10
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 745 80% 637 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? MSI(1462 7A69) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4541 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.65% Terrible	Lighting 7.97 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 7.78 6% 9.16 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 6.87 Splatting 16.3 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.65% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 71GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 791 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 631 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 214 (C2) HDA temperature 74 66 146030067738 (F1) Unknown 100 100 94321	78.9% Very good	Read 518 Write 352 Mixed 354 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 9.74 98% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 76.2 DQ Mixed 9.36 57% 139 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 95%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 13900468 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -117450175675611 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 651 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 232 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 35 77311705114 (C2) HDA temperature 26 35 77311705114 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13900468 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13900468 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13900468 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2558 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2495 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2495 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6685 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2359314	57.7% Above average	Read 434 Write 112 Mixed 146 50% 231 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 9.69 107% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 31.5 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 28.5 35% 59.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 73%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 4300 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 569 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 501 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 369 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7902 (C2) HDA temperature 119 113 28 (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	78.2% Very good	Read 132 Write 140 Mixed 131 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.27 101% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 24.8 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 26.8 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 99%

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Typical Z270M MORTAR (MS-7A69) Builds (Compare 512 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI Z270M MORTAR (MS-7A69) - $128

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	182x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	112x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	41x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	69x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	52x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	45x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	34x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	18x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	33x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	17x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	15x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $654

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