Biostar TZ68A+

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.8% 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	49.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Biostar TZ68A+ (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120102
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 15:20
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 94.4 2-Core 184 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 356 48% 356 Pts	64-Core 357 22% 357 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36BE) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Lighting 46.7 Reflection 45.3 Parallax 40.3 38% 44.1 fps	MRender 39.2 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 36 31% 38.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: R211 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 11977564 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 -60335700549814 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1254 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 71 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 58 81608179748 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11977564 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11977564 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11977564 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19181 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17775 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17775 (F2) Unknown 0 0 20834	49.3% Average	Read 476 Write 137 Mixed 181 57% 265 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 12.4 4K Mixed 13 60% 16.4 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 55.2 DQ Mixed 37.2 43% 75.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 91%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 344GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 50 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 75 70 7726 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18296 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18625 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2422 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 646 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 50 219044511778 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 8 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 25 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 18316	58.9% Above average	Read 87.7 Write 117 Mixed 117 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.59 146% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 75%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 171GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 176 3983 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15768 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35306 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1953 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15664 (C2) HDA temperature 107 91 40 (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	61.7% Good	Read 111 Write 104 Mixed 90.7 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.31 97% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2000EL Series 2000EL Series 8GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1067, 1067 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	43.9% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 13.6 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 14 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 41%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Biostar TZ68A+

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	17x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	7x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	6x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	4x

SSD
MX300 275GBCrucial $100Bench 79%, 67,541 samples	3x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	3x
SSD 64GBSanDisk $56Bench 38%, 3,862 samples	3x

RAM
991782 (996782) 991782 (996782) 991995 (996995) 991995 (996995) 12GBUnknownBench 33%, 4 samples	4x
BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE 16GBUnknownBench 40%, 73 samples	3x
CM3X2G1333C9 CM3X2G1333C9 CM3X2G1333C9 CM3X2G1333C9 8GBCorsairBench 44%, 25 samples	3x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $405

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) $35	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