MSI Z270M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A69
Motherboard	MSI Z270M MORTAR (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161213
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 05:40
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 253 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 523 68% 510 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1301.0 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	61.1% Good	Lighting 76.6 Reflection 56.1 Parallax 107 62% 79.8 fps	MRender 57.2 Gravity 80.4 Splatting 74.2 58% 70.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 26002 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 403 (B1) Unknown 93 93 81 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 56 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 30 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31906391172	96% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 350 Mixed 354 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 24.6 140% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 57.4 109% 221 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 908GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 100 253 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 10 (C2) HDA temperature 109 106 34 (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	91.3% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 155 Mixed 160 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.18 72% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 109%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 341GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 97 327682 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 93 (03) Spinup time 120 120 25790513468 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6768 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 7 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 34 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 51587 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1325 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7894 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7894 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 244814184486 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 12 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 11 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	55.2% Above average	Read 94.4 Write 98.1 Mixed 93 72% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.12 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.07 32% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 74%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 507 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 29GB free, PID 0723 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 19.1 Write 19.7 Mixed 19.3 25% 19.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.42 4K Write 2.91 4K Mixed 2.14 196% 3.83 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 47,473 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	42.6% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 11.6 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 13.1 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 48%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $95Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $646

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