MSI Z370M MORTAR (MS-7B54)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	74.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	234% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B54
Motherboard	MSI Z370M MORTAR (MS-7B54) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '20 at 22:01
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 91.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 666 73% 578 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Lighting 93.8 Reflection 83.6 Parallax 80.5 76% 85.9 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 77.1 Splatting 73.9 71% 89.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 523 325 327 326 324 318 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 2,044 Write 1,505 Mixed 738 SusWrite 357 257% 1,161 MB/s	4K Read 52.1 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 67.2 248% 92.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,283 DQ Write 1,177 DQ Mixed 855 744% 1,105 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 208GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 475 480 482 481 460 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 479 Mixed 416 SusWrite 474 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 63.1 214% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.6% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 21.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 23.2 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 110%

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

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Gaming 54%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: MSI Z370M MORTAR (MS-7B54)

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	332x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	295x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	173x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	127x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	101x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	98x

SSD
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $49Bench 116%, 58,154 samples	65x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $149Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	34x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	33x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 74%, 24,860 samples	72x
MSI24D4U7S8MH-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 73%, 1,032 samples	55x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 80%, 29,586 samples	50x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $359

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16