MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.7% 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	102% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160122
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 14 '18 at 23:28
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$146 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 234 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 466 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Lighting 46.7 Reflection 43.7 Parallax 39.1 38% 43.1 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 39.8 Splatting 35.1 31% 38.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4562 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 725 (B1) Unknown 97 97 54 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 58 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11424369170	102% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 400 Mixed 325 91% 412 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 36 153% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 100 114% 197 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 454GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 91 2698072 (03) Spinup time 99 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2675 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34619299 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4507 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 724 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 542 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 62 521404446 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 32799 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 47244640286 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 48 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 48 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -46664819668525 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14585215838 (F2) Unknown 100 253 448875161630	78.2% Very good	Read 153 Write 120 Mixed 84 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.2 69% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x4GB 16,490 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 26.3 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.5 SC Mixed 25.1 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 98%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 369 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	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	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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $488

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16