MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	111% 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.
Boot Drive	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920x1080x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '18 at 09:03
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 224 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 644 63% 516 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB; NEB1080H15P2-1040G CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2627 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 149 Parallax 130 121% 143 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 140 Splatting 111 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 240 189 150 117 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 480 Mixed 376 SusWrite 198 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 64.1 219% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 341 255% 339 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 34GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 95 96 101 101 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 147 Write 110 Mixed 132 SusWrite 96.1 27% 121 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 29.6 143% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 115 91% 126 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 61%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$81 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 85GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 95 96 96 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 124 Write 121 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 94.9 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.7% Good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 20.1 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 19.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 104%

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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 371 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 $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	121x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	100x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	36x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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 $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	11x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $628

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16