MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	26.9% 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	105% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160922
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '16 at 11:28
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 as expected (49^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 87.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 561 62% 486 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2845) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7586 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	26.9% Poor	Lighting 32.9 Reflection 31.4 Parallax 39.2 27% 34.5 fps	MRender 38.1 Gravity 37.7 Splatting 26.7 27% 34.2 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 128GB-$106 3,356 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 50GB free Firmware: 1.08 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (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 1028 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1640 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 143 (AE) Unknown 100 100 333 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 146825 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 672 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 333 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10121 (F1) Unknown 100 100 161949 (F2) Unknown 100 100 201712
Poor: 65% Great: 100%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 571 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 220 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (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 56 50 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2943976982	105% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 411 Mixed 413 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 36.9 162% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 24.1 81% 176 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 115%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 758GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 4241 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 178 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 402 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 161 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 167 (C2) HDA temperature 106 97 41 (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	64.8% Good	Read 110 Write 115 Mixed 106 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.52 142% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3250312CS 250GB-$90 1,923 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 152GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 230335668 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10492 (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 187 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 255672680 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 39133 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1536 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 1096 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 656343076 (C2) HDA temperature 36 47 81604378660 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 43 230335668 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	55.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 90.2 Mixed 91.9 71% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.37 90% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 62%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 175GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 145 140 3725 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2420 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3852 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1349 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 174 174 80731 (C2) HDA temperature 108 97 35 (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	55.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 91.2 Mixed 97.5 73% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.25 91% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB 3,999 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.9% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 21.6 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 20.4 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 93%

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Gaming 62%

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Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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