MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.3% 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	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-7972
Motherboard	MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	12.2 Days
Run Date	May 04 '18 at 10:51
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 228 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 528 55% 440 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB; MSI Gaming GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X SLI DirectX 12 VR Ready Graphics Card (GTX 1080 ARMOR 8G OC) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 144 Parallax 137 116% 141 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 132 Splatting 106 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team L3 SSD 240GB 463 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM00.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6499 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 760 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 81 81 446 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4522084 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 78 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8143	87.3% Excellent	Read 438 Write 431 Mixed 464 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 12.1 127% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 41.2 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 11.9 57% 121 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 99%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 233GB 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 1671 (03) Spinup time 182 180 5883 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2773 (05) Reallocated sector count 182 182 535 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6485 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 752 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 95591 (C2) HDA temperature 112 105 38 (C4) Reallocation count 164 164 36 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 40 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 40 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 189 159 3809	78.7% Very good	Read 151 Write 123 Mixed 117 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.24 94% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 22.2 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 20.3 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 95%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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