MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	27.6% 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	74.7% 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	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171204
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '18 at 13:44
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 571 76% 571 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Gigabyte(1458 22FB) 2GB CLim: 1287 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.4.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	Lighting 33.9 Reflection 33.2 Parallax 41.3 28% 36.1 fps	MRender 31.8 Gravity 32.3 Splatting 35.7 28% 33.2 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 116GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1438 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1448 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 63 53 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 391 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7297103979	102% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 351 Mixed 360 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 30.8 156% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 95 129% 240 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 126%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2558 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2204 (B1) Unknown 97 97 83 (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 62 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 402 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11127244826	74.7% Very good	Read 511 Write 292 Mixed 358 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 20.5 94% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 81.9 DQ Mixed 57.4 76% 145 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 76%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 415GB free Firmware: 1AA01114 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 89 89 4340 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 2813 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 9891 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2206 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2513 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 471597084 (C2) HDA temperature 72 54 471597084 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2043 (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 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	33.2% Below average	Read 55.9 Write 59.3 Mixed 63.7 45% 59.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.5 120% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 11,950 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2750 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 30.3 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 29.8 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 105%

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Typical Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972) Builds (Compare 368 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 62%

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Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	120x
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	37x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	30x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	16x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $454

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16