MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	4.61% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.8% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI Z170M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1768 x 992 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '17 at 14:45
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	37.1% Below average	Memory 55.3 1-Core 83.9 2-Core 118 51% 85.6 Pts	4-Core 104 8-Core 203 18% 153 Pts	64-Core 176 11% 176 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	4.61% Terrible	Lighting 3.73 Reflection 3.96 Parallax 5.87 3% 4.52 fps	MRender 6.95 Gravity 9.4 Splatting 10.9 8% 9.07 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 4.61% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS256GSSD360S 256GB 563 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0921A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^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 100 100 836 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 319 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 169 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 18 (A4) Unknown 100 100 181570 (A5) Unknown 100 100 108 (A6) Unknown 100 100 56 (A7) Unknown 100 100 86 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 98 98 98 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3224 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (F1) Unknown 100 100 130724 (F2) Unknown 100 100 130138 (F5) Unknown 100 100 502255	64.8% Good	Read 433 Write 305 Mixed 338 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 3.91 93% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 27.7 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 3.88 25% 54 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 273GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 63 240224465 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 402 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 35387670 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2763 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 316 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 504758302 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 422 (C2) HDA temperature 30 15 64424509470 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 240224465 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 84357452663464 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11099614238 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23023412891	81.1% Excellent	Read 177 Write 106 Mixed 125 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.25 84% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C13 2x8GB 2,810 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 12.7 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 142 28% 142 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 97%

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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 $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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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