MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.7% 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	85.2% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	15.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171204
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '18 at 15:10
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 252 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 717 72% 588 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6255) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Lighting 41.2 Reflection 31.9 Parallax 38.1 34% 37.1 fps	MRender 38.4 Gravity 38.8 Splatting 37 31% 38 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 334GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 223 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 61 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 65 61 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3981800950	85.2% Excellent	Read 520 Write 266 Mixed 324 82% 370 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 19.9 125% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 16.6 82% 186 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 129%
WD WD80EZZX-11CSGA0 8TB 694 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3TB free Firmware: 83.H0A03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 120 (03) Spinup time 161 161 17208050050 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 805 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6442 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 672 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1187 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1187 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 253404250151 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	77.5% Very good	Read 133 Write 137 Mixed 133 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.44 117% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 99%
Toshiba DT01ABA300 3TB 5,677 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: MZ6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 138 138 21500330390 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1274 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11611 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 850 (C0) Power-off retract count 88 88 14606 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 14606 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 223339544611 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	124% Outstanding	Read 229 Write 205 Mixed 198 158% 210 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.24 99% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 88%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB-$63 6,344 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1.5TB free Firmware: MKAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 87 (03) Spinup time 132 132 25807815247 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1911 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 26 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 21455 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1478 (C0) Power-off retract count 84 84 20397 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 20397 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 322123661349 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3	114% Outstanding	Read 217 Write 179 Mixed 184 146% 193 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.72 4K Mixed 0.26 102% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 87%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$70 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 253GB free Firmware: 50.0AB50 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 12 (03) Spinup time 166 158 6658 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6043 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 34124 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4943 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 809 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 353201 (C2) HDA temperature 118 89 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 13 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	52.1% Above average	Read 88.7 Write 92.7 Mixed 77.3 65% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.19 78% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 63%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 250GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 228GB free, PID d011 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	174% Outstanding	Read 243 Write 246 Mixed 242 315% 244 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 26.2 4K Mixed 12.3 1,387% 20 MB/s	DQ Read 22.6 DQ Write 32.5 DQ Mixed 13.6 1,652% 22.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 174%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 029E CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 029E CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 029E CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 32GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3001, 3001, 3001, 3001 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 29.5 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 25.4 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 95%

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Typical Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972) Builds (Compare 370 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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