MSI Z270M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.5% 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	341% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A69
Motherboard	MSI Z270M MORTAR (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	60.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '21 at 15:54
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 277 92% 168 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 537 62% 482 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.5% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 131 Parallax 119 98% 123 fps	MRender 91.6 Gravity 118 Splatting 111 88% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 101%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDPE2TB-D8 2TB 2,217 User benchmarks, average bench 287% 461GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42A2S8MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 885 1186 1540 1221 1227 1222 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	341% Outstanding	Read 2,689 Write 2152 Mixed 1,641 SusWrite 1,214 430% 1924 MB/s	4K Read 65.3 4K Write 198 4K Mixed 94 324% 119 MB/s	DQ Read 1,282 DQ Write 1,360 DQ Mixed 665 681% 1,102 MB/s
Poor: 187% ↑ This bench: 341% Great: 382%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M1D3000C16 029E CMK16GX4M1B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M1B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M1B3000C15 64GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 34.1 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 30.2 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z270M MORTAR (MS-7A69) Builds (Compare 518 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	184x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	112x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	42x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	70x
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 $48Bench 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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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $789

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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