MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 75% Battleship


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 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	113% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (82%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180625
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '21 at 00:45
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	82%

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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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 72.5 2-Core 139 61% 99 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 670 55% 477 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 147 Parallax 136 122% 144 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 148 Splatting 124 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 448 Write 443 Mixed 335 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 48.4 172% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 251 215% 317 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 111%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 102GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 447 442 411 422 421 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 458 Mixed 335 SusWrite 414 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 47.6 170% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 293 239% 339 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$99 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 181 178 180 181 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 116 Write 126 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 179 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 0.8 228% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 90%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 429GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 81 81 81 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 73.5 Write 73.5 Mixed 56 SusWrite 80.9 52% 71 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.4 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 22 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 106%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 66: 6R 8G 12B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
66%	32%	81	317	247	60	21.5"	1920 1080	ACI22FA VE228

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Typical Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972) Builds (Compare 368 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 $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 $109Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $454

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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