Biostar GAMING Z170X

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 35.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	55.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	91% 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.

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Motherboard	Biostar GAMING Z170X (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '20 at 10:35
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing way below expectations (15^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	35.8% Below average	Memory 59.6 1-Core 22.8 2-Core 36.2 29% 39.5 Pts	4-Core 67.9 8-Core 93.3 10% 80.6 Pts	64-Core 132 8% 132 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 400D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	55.9% Above average	Lighting 45 Reflection 42.7 Parallax 134 37% 73.8 fps	MRender 151 Gravity 111 Splatting 91.1 93% 118 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 289GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 786 218 78 82 90 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 948 Write 1,015 Mixed 769 SusWrite 225 166% 739 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 29.5 98% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 210 153% 201 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 295%
Crucial BX500 960GB-$54 11,103 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 355GB free Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 285 15 6.2 6.4 6.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 399 Write 330 Mixed 327 SusWrite 108 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 19.8 71% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 51.3 67% 122 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 658GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 96 92 98 99 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 96.3 68% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 75%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$58 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 144GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 81 80 76 79 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 81.3 Write 74 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 78.7 52% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 84%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$55 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 608GB free Firmware: AX001C SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 74 74 66 70 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	40% Below average	Read 68 Write 65.5 Mixed 29 SusWrite 71.3 43% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBR2 859B BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 16GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	44.7% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 20.2 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 7.8 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 129 31% 129 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 84%

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 9%

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Motherboard: Biostar GAMING Z170X

CPU
Pentium G4560Intel $31Bench 57%, 70,054 samples	10x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16