MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151215
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '17 at 01:41
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 443 59% 443 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 22BB) CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Lighting 44.3 Reflection 48.7 Parallax 52.4 36% 48.5 fps	MRender 48.7 Gravity 39 Splatting 38 34% 41.9 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 124 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 48 (A5) Unknown 100 100 17184260144 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 45 236223201328 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 68719935504 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 122 (EA) Unknown 100 100 456 (F1) Unknown 253 253 300 (F2) Unknown 253 253 269 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	58.1% Above average	Read 497 Write 118 Mixed 233 62% 283 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 74 4K Mixed 6.31 75% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 2.02 64% 152 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 86%
Hitachi HMS5C4040ALE640 4TB 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 3.5TB free Firmware: MPAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 100 (03) Spinup time 124 124 47281340977 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1788 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 111 111 43 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1782 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 694 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1788 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1788 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 201864511524 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	73.4% Very good	Read 123 Write 132 Mixed 113 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.2 93% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 72%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 599GB free Firmware: 2BA30002 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 89 3187 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2112 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2742 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 20 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 975 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 184684511265 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 632 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 20 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 64572	50.2% Above average	Read 87.4 Write 87.4 Mixed 85.9 66% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.31 87% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 59%
Seagate ST1500LM003-9YH148 1.5TB 798 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 566GB free Firmware: CC9F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 126 99 1202511456 (03) Spinup time 95 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4155 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16865056 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 940 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1283 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 196613 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 52 588382243 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6968 (C2) HDA temperature 35 48 30064771107 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 23 1202511456 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 4926327490112 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3252135001 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3267017229	37.1% Below average	Read 62.9 Write 66.4 Mixed 60.3 48% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.2 44% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 3,395 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 22.1 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 22 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 85%

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Gaming 62%

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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 $94Bench 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: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $440

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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