MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	117% 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.

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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920x1080x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '18 at 08:59
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th 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, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 485 65% 485 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88% 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 CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2627 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 152 Parallax 143 119% 147 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 142 Splatting 112 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% 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: 338 298 261 208 112 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 455 Mixed 394 SusWrite 221 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 64.9 223% 80.6 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 317 239% 321 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 34GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 97 95 101 99 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 169 Write 126 Mixed 147 SusWrite 96.8 30% 135 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 34.1 153% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 114 92% 129 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 61%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$81 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 85GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 93 95 96 96 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 121 Write 123 Mixed 94.3 SusWrite 95 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.1% 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 @ 2455 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 23.8 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22.5 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 104%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	124x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	101x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	36x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	62x
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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	17x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $31Bench 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: $574

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359