Biostar GAMING Z170X

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. 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 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.6% 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	159% 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	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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Biostar GAMING Z170X (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150916
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '19 at 22:21
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G4400-$45 36,432 User benchmarks, average bench 47% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Memory 95.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 216 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 217 8-Core 214 29% 216 Pts	64-Core 216 13% 216 Pts
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Asus(1043 048D) CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	Lighting 34.8 Reflection 31.2 Parallax 42 28% 36 fps	MRender 28.1 Gravity 29 Splatting 36.7 26% 31.3 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Thnsn5128gpu7 TOSHIBA 128GB 3,510 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57XA4103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 504 543 534 490 406 386 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,095 Write 580 Mixed 577 SusWrite 477 151% 682 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 59.8 209% 81.5 MB/s	DQ Read 682 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 397 313% 446 MB/s
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 176%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 22GB free Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 97 103 102 101 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 449 Write 102 Mixed 138 SusWrite 101 43% 198 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 13.8 98% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 83.3 DQ Mixed 28.2 42% 80.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 65%
Seagate ST380815AS 80GB-$32 16,844 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 54GB free Firmware: 3.CHF SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 69 69 69 69 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 68 Write 34 Mixed 42 SusWrite 68 39% 53 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 42%
Initio HM160HC 160GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 58GB free, PID 1040 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 36.3 Write 32.7 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 37.5 46% 34.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G Samsung M378A5143EB1-CPB 8GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2856, 2856 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.3% Good	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 19.7 64% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 20 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 87%

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

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Typical GAMING Z170X Builds (Compare 28 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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