Biostar Hi-Fi Z97WE

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38% 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	123% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Biostar Hi-Fi Z97WE (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150610
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '17 at 23:33
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 236 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 460 62% 461 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38% Below average	Lighting 50 Reflection 46.2 Parallax 41.4 41% 45.9 fps	MRender 40.2 Gravity 42.4 Splatting 37.5 33% 40 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 256GB-$166 1,660 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 229GB free Firmware: 1.08 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (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 100 100 186 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 588 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 18 (AE) Unknown 100 100 190 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 18870 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1280 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 190 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4717 (F1) Unknown 100 100 101294 (F2) Unknown 100 100 178253
Poor: 64% Great: 104%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 776 Write 656 Mixed 695 158% 709 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 28.3 166% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 48.4 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 28.3 39% 68.2 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 243%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 699GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 162 1233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 765 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3107 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 634 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 144 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 20583 (C2) HDA temperature 120 110 30 (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	59.4% Above average	Read 101 Write 106 Mixed 86.6 73% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.26 92% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 3,028 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 24.2 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 25.6 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 79%

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

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Gaming 28%

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 24%

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Motherboard: Biostar Hi-Fi Z97WE

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	6x
Xeon E3-1240 v3Intel $203Bench 72%, 3,014 samples	3x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	3x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	3x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	2x

SSD
PC SN720 SDAQNTW-256G-1001 256GBWDCBench 158%, 914 samples	4x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	3x
850 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 110%, 154,399 samples	2x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 59%, 546 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	2x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 1,965 samples	2x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $407

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