Biostar B250GT5

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	25.3% 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	44.9% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Biostar B250GT5 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170703
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '18 at 10:17
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 701 71% 574 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970 9,594 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E284) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	25.3% Poor	Lighting 32.3 Reflection 26 Parallax 29.4 26% 29.2 fps	MRender 24.3 Gravity 27.8 Splatting 32.1 23% 28.1 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 134 96 96 102 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 427 Write 348 Mixed 334 SusWrite 148 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 16.9 4K Mixed 13 59% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 36.5 DQ Write 14.2 DQ Mixed 14.5 14% 21.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 86%
WD WD10EADX-00TDHB0 1TB 12,976 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 578GB free Firmware: 77.04D77 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 91 91 93 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 81.2 Write 83.7 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 91.5 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 57%
Seagate ST3250312AS 250GB-$32 19,180 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 37GB free Firmware: HP61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 80 82 81 81 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 128 Write 122 Mixed 69 SusWrite 81.4 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2666 C16 1x8GB-$85 1,416 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.3% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.6 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 13.9 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 54%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 55%

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Motherboard: Biostar B250GT5

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	27x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	25x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	7x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	8x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	8x
GeForce GTX 1650NvidiaBench 47%, 22,284 samples	7x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $42Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	11x
SX6000LNP 512GBAdataBench 187%, 11,097 samples	5x
MX300 525GBCrucial $150Bench 86%, 105,037 samples	3x

RAM
CB8GU2666.C8RT 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 215 samples	13x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 04CD F4-2400C15-8GVB 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 16GBUnknownBench 54%, 6 samples	5x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 14,178 samples	5x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $401

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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