MSI Z370M MORTAR (MS-7B54)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics73.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive202% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B54
MotherboardMSI Z370M MORTAR (MS-7B54)  (all builds)
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180517
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 09 '23 at 19:36
Run Duration164 Seconds
Run User KWT-User
Background CPU 38%
Watch Gameplay: 1660S + 9400F How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-8400-$130
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
88% Excellent
Memory 90.2
1-Core 114
2-Core 236
82% 146 Pts
4-Core 472
8-Core 615
69% 543 Pts
64-Core 690
43% 690 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 88%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
73.8% Very good
Lighting 92.8
Reflection 88.9
Parallax 83.7
76% 88.5 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 80.7
Splatting 71.3
70% 88.3 fps
Poor: 65%
This bench: 73.8%
Great: 76%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
896GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 234110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1386 574 565 582 565 528 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
202% Outstanding
Read 2,067
Write 2,114
Mixed 1,893
SusWrite 700
380% 1,693 MB/s
4K Read 47.3
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 27.7
163% 60.2 MB/s
DQ Read 614
DQ Write 705
DQ Mixed 805
566% 708 MB/s
Poor: 159%
This bench: 202%
Great: 300%
VendorCo ProductCode 16GB
4GB free, PID 5678
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.9 5.7 12 4 11 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
5.5% Terrible
Read 20.2
Write 1.5
Mixed 4.2
SusWrite 7.8
9% 8.43 MB/s
4K Read 3.7
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
14% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 5.5%
Great: 8%
Realtek RTL9210B-CG 2TB
941GB free, PID 9210
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 43 42 41 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
12.7% Very poor
Read 13.7
Write 31.3
Mixed 14.2
SusWrite 42.1
38% 25.3 MB/s
4K Read 2.5
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 1.7
77% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 12.7%
Great: 78%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
85.6% Excellent
MC Read 34.2
MC Write 32.7
MC Mixed 25.3
88% 30.7 GB/s
SC Read 19.4
SC Write 32.4
SC Mixed 22.9
71% 24.9 GB/s
Latency 66.9
60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 85.6%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z370M MORTAR (MS-7B54) Builds (Compare 1,359 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 54%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z370M MORTAR (MS-7B54)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $359
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