MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	72.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	9.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '17 at 07:14
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 242 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 629 63% 512 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 2424) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.4% Very good	Lighting 89.4 Reflection 100 Parallax 88.2 73% 92.7 fps	MRender 89 Gravity 85.8 Splatting 87.6 72% 87.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 107 15064594 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 -79929341360371 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1435 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 224 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 41 63 73018572841 (C2) HDA temperature 41 63 73018572841 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15064594 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15064594 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15064594 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24965 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8716 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8716 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7626	45.4% Average	Read 476 Write 108 Mixed 157 53% 247 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 17.4 4K Mixed 12.5 59% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 53.1 DQ Write 40.8 DQ Mixed 9.51 17% 34.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 73%
Crucial M500 mSATA 120GB-$398 916 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 40GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9386 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 896 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 101 (AE) Unknown 100 100 100 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1990 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 46 29 304942678070 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7597054296 (F7) Unknown 100 100 252740985 (F8) Unknown 100 100 548300594	75.6% Very good	Read 498 Write 134 Mixed 213 61% 282 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 28 130% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 17.1 60% 135 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 73%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 62564949 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9472 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 57 257742841370 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 31241 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1711 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 12885229692 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 49 538509344 (C2) HDA temperature 32 51 47244640288 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 21 62564949 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -99334003598024 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2376302293 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3320243709	46.3% Average	Read 80.6 Write 80.7 Mixed 73.2 59% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.54 107% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 20.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.2 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 110%

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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 $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