MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.6% 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	54.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 @ 2.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 14:23
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 570 74% 556 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 89 Parallax 146 96% 118 fps	MRender 87.7 Gravity 122 Splatting 130 95% 113 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1253 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 416 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 19 (AA) Unknown 100 100 22 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 983081 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 147 (C2) HDA temperature 64 55 193274970148 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2855 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2271 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3065 (F4) Unknown 100 100 15 (F5) Unknown 100 100 41 (F6) Unknown 100 100 177720	54.3% Above average	Read 301 Write 214 Mixed 330 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 6.82 90% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 11.8 DQ Mixed 1 24% 63.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 672GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10312 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18466 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4842 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2170 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8141 (C2) HDA temperature 108 80 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	94.2% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 168 Mixed 148 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.75 4K Mixed 0.17 91% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 109%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 2TB 4,801 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 474GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 123 Write 119 Mixed 105 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.3 89% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 66%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 45GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 226235152 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1469 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 53027067 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5901 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1410 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 43 47816966178 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 412 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14308 (C2) HDA temperature 34 57 90194313250 (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 92758408696280 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7235283171 (F2) Unknown 100 253 496315528025	86% Excellent	Read 134 Write 165 Mixed 106 100% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 5.23 4K Mixed 0.66 191% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR4 2133 C15 1x8GB 11,823 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2608 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	47.6% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 14 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.6 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 43%

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Typical Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972) Builds (Compare 368 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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