MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180625
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '18 at 10:36
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 87.4 1-Core 96.8 2-Core 198 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 552 51% 426 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2790 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 157 Parallax 146 103% 143 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 147 Splatting 114 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team L3 SSD 240GB 463 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM00.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 89 139 187 147 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 451 Write 379 Mixed 359 SusWrite 136 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 38.3 153% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 210 188% 284 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 99%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$50 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 925GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 114 115 114 115 115 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 126 Write 120 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 115 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$50 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 956GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 137 134 136 136 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 123 Write 108 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 136 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 84%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 9,009 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 131GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 40 40 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 39.5 Write 40 Mixed 23.9 SusWrite 40.2 48% 35.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 43%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	60.6% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.1 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 95%

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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 370 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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	121x
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 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	38x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	30x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $499

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16