MSI Z270M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

Performance Results


Gaming 136% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	137% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.5% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A69
Motherboard	MSI Z270M MORTAR (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '18 at 11:45
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 153 2-Core 296 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 840 87% 701 Pts	64-Core 848 52% 848 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 195 Reflection 204 Parallax 203 159% 201 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 185 Splatting 132 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M550_MTFDDAT064MAY 128GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 34GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (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 1956 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 835 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1044 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 28 309238693931 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 873484336 (F7) Unknown 100 100 25461165 (F8) Unknown 100 100 13446002	83.4% Excellent	Read 525 Write 184 Mixed 266 71% 325 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 21 142% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 48.9 84% 166 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 83%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 128GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 66GB free Firmware: CXM03D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 33395 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1192 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 91 91 305 (B2) Unknown 93 93 124 (B3) Unknown 94 94 236 (B4) Unknown 94 94 3796 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 272 (E8) Unknown 93 93 1892 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21432924986 (F2) Unknown 99 99 41480719464	67.6% Good	Read 477 Write 191 Mixed 342 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 64.5 4K Mixed 20.5 97% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 66.6 DQ Mixed 54.2 72% 137 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 68%
Micron_M550_MTFDDAT064MAY 64GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (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 3956 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1572 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 87 87 408 (AE) Unknown 100 100 52 (B4) Unknown 0 0 475 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 21 339303465002 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 87 87 13 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 15974147421 (F7) Unknown 100 100 802049493 (F8) Unknown 100 100 224516526	90.5% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 197 Mixed 262 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 34.1 155% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 49.1 89% 179 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 91%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 104 (03) Spinup time 122 122 51580109364 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3350 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 35 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 28758 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1614 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3358 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3358 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 274879021079 (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	64.2% Good	Read 111 Write 113 Mixed 104 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.35 87% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 68%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 620GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 72.6 Write 62.8 Mixed 65.8 50% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.64 4K Mixed 0.27 61% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 23.9 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 27.5 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 80%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	182x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	112x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	41x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	69x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	52x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	45x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	34x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	18x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $639

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16