MSI Z270M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	38% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	88.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 11 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7A69
Motherboard	MSI Z270M MORTAR (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '17 at 03:52
Run Duration	317 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 141 2-Core 280 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 778 84% 666 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 361.43 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38% Below average	Lighting 50.1 Reflection 47 Parallax 41.7 41% 46.3 fps	MRender 39.3 Gravity 42.7 Splatting 38 33% 40 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 751GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22588 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 791 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 46 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 56 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16272141772	88.2% Excellent	Read 507 Write 343 Mixed 282 83% 377 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 27.6 136% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 55.4 68% 117 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 126%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 356GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 229831892 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2644 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 236625503233 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 38818 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2648 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295034707 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 66 57 673316898 (C2) HDA temperature 34 43 55834574882 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 36 229831892 (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 62075162363682 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1094678615 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3097554681	54.2% Above average	Read 99.7 Write 89.1 Mixed 47 58% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.52 103% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 65%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 2GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 0GB free, PID 0722 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	3.93% Terrible	Read 14.3 Write 4.37 Mixed 6.24 9% 8.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.56 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 15% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.93% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$39 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.6% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21.1 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22.6 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 110%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270M MORTAR (MS-7A69) - $128

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	186x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	112x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	43x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	71x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	52x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	45x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	34x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	18x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	33x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	17x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	15x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $120
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363