MSI Z370M MORTAR (MS-7B54)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B54
Motherboard	MSI Z370M MORTAR (MS-7B54) (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171228
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '18 at 04:28
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 669 72% 574 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3794) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.6% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 136 Parallax 114 99% 124 fps	MRender 92.4 Gravity 120 Splatting 102 86% 105 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 250GB-$55 9,409 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 368 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 57 (A5) Unknown 100 100 17694949 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 38 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 148 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 72 309239218226 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 193275494445 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 963 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1394 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1278 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1146 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	71.4% Very good	Read 505 Write 218 Mixed 258 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 14.9 115% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 39.1 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 12.2 40% 81 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 104%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 106GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 108 Write 116 Mixed 67.8 72% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 3.88 4K Mixed 0.49 160% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 26GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 17527032 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 156 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3238104 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 367 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 59 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 40 1319177486373 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2964 (C2) HDA temperature 37 60 103079215141 (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 -139942919405350 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8715656320 (F2) Unknown 100 253 37968435058	94.4% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 159 Mixed 160 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.24 90% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 114%
ADATA HD710M 2TB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 162GB free, PID a54a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 117 Write 125 Mixed 75.9 134% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.72 4K Write 4.96 4K Mixed 0.44 190% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 2,613 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 42.6 MC Mixed 34.5 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 41.3 SC Mixed 29.9 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 117%

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Typical Z370M MORTAR (MS-7B54) Builds (Compare 1,354 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 54%

Yacht

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 50%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z370M MORTAR (MS-7B54)

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	330x
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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	99x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	98x

SSD
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $49Bench 116%, 58,154 samples	64x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	34x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $352

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