MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	59.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170418
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 07:37
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (56^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-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	63.3% Good	Memory 66.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 225 73% 134 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 436 49% 384 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1055 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.5.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Lighting 74.9 Reflection 61.9 Parallax 85.4 61% 74.1 fps	MRender 63.6 Gravity 61.3 Splatting 80.1 57% 68.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3877 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 701 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (AA) Unknown 100 100 78 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1703988 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 136 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3335	77.6% Very good	Read 507 Write 328 Mixed 345 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 63.6 4K Mixed 9.35 94% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 9.42 72% 169 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 74 64 26141363 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 987 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13544760 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 90610925046071 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 254 (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 68 49 538378272 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 183 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3244 (C2) HDA temperature 32 51 73014444064 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 74 64 26141363 (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 -88484916230750 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14569751410 (F2) Unknown 100 253 520136491
Poor: 40% Great: 90%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 422GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1020 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2392 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 386 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 116 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2079 (C2) HDA temperature 104 97 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	91.2% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 148 Mixed 149 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.32 129% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 63GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1665 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3868 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 689 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 118 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6476 (C2) HDA temperature 109 104 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	77.4% Very good	Read 152 Write 118 Mixed 113 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.2 93% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 859B BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBR2 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	70.6% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 24.1 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 19.1 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 71%

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Gaming 62%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 49%

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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