MSI Z270M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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-7A69
Motherboard	MSI Z270M MORTAR (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '18 at 05:53
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 283 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 786 73% 608 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AB) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2120 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Lighting 77.7 Reflection 79.1 Parallax 68.8 63% 75.2 fps	MRender 74.8 Gravity 72 Splatting 74.7 60% 73.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 94 97 90 101 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 266 Write 126 Mixed 177 SusWrite 94.4 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 39.3 153% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 93.2 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 86.8 71% 101 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 73%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 248GB 1,306 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 58GB free Firmware: 0.1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,022 Write 1,440 Mixed 663 302% 1375 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 57.1 234% 92 MB/s	DQ Read 911 DQ Write 1,261 DQ Mixed 606 592% 926 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 996GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 166 164 168 167 168 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 132 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 167 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 114%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 138 137 138 138 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 132 Write 134 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 137 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 2x8GB 8,162 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 29.9 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 42.4 SC Mixed 30 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 90%

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

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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

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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 $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