MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


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 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81% 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	71.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160922
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '17 at 19:55
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 244 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 696 70% 566 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 112 Parallax 95.8 82% 103 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 94.4 Splatting 96.7 79% 95.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3738 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 174 (64) Unknown 100 100 57331264 (65) Unknown 100 100 802560 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 77 77 8450 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2658 (B7) Unknown 98 98 9 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 100 210454183974 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 77 77 23 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100760 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4212 (F1) Unknown 100 100 33582 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8601 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	71.2% Very good	Read 484 Write 261 Mixed 262 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 53.2 4K Mixed 12.4 90% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 31.4 76% 162 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 92%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 521GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 224189632 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1257 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 99710044 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11756 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1037 (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 65 52 588775459 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 37822 (C2) HDA temperature 35 48 42949672995 (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 -131563438206015 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22903844491 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3326751008413	83.7% Excellent	Read 147 Write 145 Mixed 152 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.15 78% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 96%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 398GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 174 6033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 558 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5860 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 395 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10738 (C2) HDA temperature 116 106 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	79.2% Very good	Read 138 Write 137 Mixed 129 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.21 95% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 208GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 179 5858 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2138 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22738 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1940 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 94748 (C2) HDA temperature 112 101 38 (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	62% Good	Read 97.9 Write 118 Mixed 113 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.19 93% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 83%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 84GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 4300 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 81 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1354 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 81 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 67 (C2) HDA temperature 110 104 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	51.8% Above average	Read 89.4 Write 90.8 Mixed 79.5 65% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.27 100% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 86%
WDC WD20 00FYYZ-01UL1B1 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 841GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.4% Above average	Read 121 Write 116 Mixed 101 143% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 3.09 4K Mixed 0.46 123% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 52%
ST5000DM 000-1FK178 5TB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 387GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	60% Above average	Read 131 Write 85.8 Mixed 63.7 109% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 7.21 4K Mixed 0.34 259% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 82%
WDC WD20 PURX-64P6ZY0 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 188GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.1% Below average	Read 110 Write 72.2 Mixed 73.2 102% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.17 78% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 1x16GB 5,153 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.3% Average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 12.1 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 15.5 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 47%

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Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	121x
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	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 $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 $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	11x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $499

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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