MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920x1080x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '18 at 21:47
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 225 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 657 64% 526 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2627 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 150 Parallax 131 119% 142 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 138 Splatting 108 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 495 Write 402 Mixed 366 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 62.4 215% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 347 260% 346 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 52GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 94 95 96 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59% Above average	Read 155 Write 103 Mixed 136 SusWrite 91.4 27% 121 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 30.6 137% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 114 90% 125 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 61%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$81 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 70GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 95 95 94 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 87.7 Write 87 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 94 62% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 26.3 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 26 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 104%

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

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Typical Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972) Builds (Compare 375 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 62%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972) - $89

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	123x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	101x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	36x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	62x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	38x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	30x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	17x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $31Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	11x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $574

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $374	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369