MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics110% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7972
MotherboardMSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972)  (all builds)
Memory11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920x1080x4294967296 szín
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160722
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 03 '18 at 20:54
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User AUT-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$170
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
85.8% Excellent
Memory 95.3
1-Core 114
2-Core 198
80% 136 Pts
4-Core 411
8-Core 654
65% 533 Pts
64-Core 635
39% 635 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 85.8%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2627 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Lighting 146
Reflection 149
Parallax 130
119% 141 fps
MRender 118
Gravity 141
Splatting 110
100% 123 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 110%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
14GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 482
Write 466
Mixed 385
99% 444 MB/s
4K Read 45.3
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 62.6
211% 75.3 MB/s
DQ Read 366
DQ Write 322
DQ Mixed 332
252% 340 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102
34GB free
Firmware: 2.22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 100 100 101 100 98 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
63.9% Good
Read 186
Write 127
Mixed 148
SusWrite 97.4
31% 140 MB/s
4K Read 29
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 33.4
148% 59.3 MB/s
DQ Read 143
DQ Write 123
DQ Mixed 124
95% 130 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 63.9%
Great: 61%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$81
85GB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 95 96 96 96 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
62.7% Good
Read 123
Write 122
Mixed 88
SusWrite 94.8
79% 107 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1
203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 62.7%
Great: 87%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
91.4% Outstanding
MC Read 35.6
MC Write 35.8
MC Mixed 26.5
93% 32.6 GB/s
SC Read 17.3
SC Write 34.5
SC Mixed 27.1
75% 26.3 GB/s
Latency 56.1
71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 91.4%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972) Builds (Compare 376 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 62%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 49%
Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972) - $89

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $574
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