Biostar TZ68K+

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	19.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Biostar TZ68K+ (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111215
Uptime	11.1 Days
Run Date	May 24 '18 at 13:54
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-3220-$79 71,790 User benchmarks, average bench 52% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66% Good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 91.8 2-Core 152 69% 112 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 229 31% 230 Pts	64-Core 233 14% 233 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5870 10,176 User benchmarks, average bench 19% XFX(1682 2960) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Lighting 27.4 Reflection 14.8 Parallax 27.4 22% 23.2 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 21 Splatting 19 15% 17.5 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 484GB free Firmware: CC96 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 79 82382408 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3536 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 2400 (07) Seek error rate 72 72 60408479325 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36107 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 995 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 4385 (BC) Unknown 100 1 25770262864 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 44 60684304417 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 226 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 260033 (C2) HDA temperature 33 56 38654705697 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 18 82382408 (C5) Current pending sector count 96 94 736 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 96 94 736 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -50891067478230 (F1) Unknown 100 253 634444499 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2116939273	88.9% Excellent	Read 149 Write 162 Mixed 46.7 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.13 57% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 1888 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17842 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 21696996894 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16702 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1429 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 47 638582822 (C2) HDA temperature 38 53 47244640294 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 33 1888 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 117978456670500 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2861903210 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3452672351	39.5% Below average	Read 69.9 Write 67.8 Mixed 26.6 40% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.46 86% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 118GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 110424980 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11426 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 23 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 56918843 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11381 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3041 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 54 588251167 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 34359738399 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 16 110424980 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 101786429970127 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2028344622 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2697882655	45.7% Average	Read 77.1 Write 82.1 Mixed 59.1 54% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.3 82% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 70%
Samsung HD503HI 500GB-$41 8,190 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 71GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 85 83 4731 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11025 (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 5998 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3174 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 228 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 48 227633791010 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 11053	37.3% Below average	Read 62.5 Write 67.2 Mixed 25 38% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.35 95% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend TS512MLK64V6H Hynix HMT41GU6AFR8A-PB TS512MLK64V6H 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40% Average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 12 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 12.4 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Biostar TZ68K+

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	8x
Core i3-2100Intel $49Bench 51%, 63,701 samples	6x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	7x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	4x
GTX 550-TiNvidia $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples	3x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x
840 120GBSamsung $109Bench 61%, 51,792 samples	2x
SL300 120GBColorfulBench 61%, 1,356 samples	2x

RAM
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	3x
HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 24GBHynixBench 54%, 19 samples	3x
F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GBUnknownBench 51%, 517 samples	2x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $385

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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