Biostar GAMING Z170X

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	39.7% 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	85.3% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Biostar GAMING Z170X (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2048 x 1152 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160413
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '16 at 04:46
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 149 2-Core 299 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 591 8-Core 590 79% 590 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Asus(1043 3003) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1010.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Lighting 51.9 Reflection 34.7 Parallax 64.6 42% 50.4 fps	MRender 33 Gravity 50.4 Splatting 42.8 35% 42.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8149 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 814 (B1) Unknown 98 98 17 (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 62 54 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 146 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11666034763	85.3% Excellent	Read 509 Write 350 Mixed 354 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 22.2 136% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 45.7 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 21.8 37% 68.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 921GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 173 1025 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 189 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 403 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 60 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 357 (C2) HDA temperature 107 100 36 (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	105% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 186 Mixed 164 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.36 4K Write 2.74 4K Mixed 0.34 146% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%
Sony Storage Media 4GB 737 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	7.92% Terrible	Read 27.9 Write 8.24 Mixed 12.3 17% 16.2 MB/s	4K Read 8.38 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 33% 2.81 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.92% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$234 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 34.1 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 40.5 SC Mixed 30.5 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 46.1 87% 46.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 117%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 9%

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Motherboard: Biostar GAMING Z170X

CPU
Pentium G4560Intel $31Bench 57%, 70,054 samples	10x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	9x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3x

GPU
HD 610 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 3%, 14,881 samples	9x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	4x
RX Vega-64AMD $400Bench 87%, 91,676 samples	4x

SSD
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	9x
TOSHIBA 128GBThnsn5128gpu7Bench 139%, 3,510 samples	6x
X600 M.2 2280 SATA 128GBSandiskBench 63%, 4,471 samples	3x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x4GBCrucial $35Bench 68%, 843 samples	6x
CM4X4GF2400Z16K4 Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G 0215 CM4X4GF2400C16K4 12GBUnknownBench 59%, 5 samples	4x
HyperX 2666 C16 1x8GBKingstonBench 44%, 32,519 samples	4x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $118

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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