Biostar H81A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics97% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive34.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardBiostar H81A  (all builds)
Memory8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140616
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateAug 05 '19 at 14:52
Run Duration149 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 19%

 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4590S-$79
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
75.2% Very good
Memory 86.5
1-Core 90.5
2-Core 193
71% 123 Pts
4-Core 370
8-Core 371
50% 370 Pts
64-Core 360
22% 360 Pts
Poor: 49%
This bench: 75.2%
Great: 76%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
PNY(196E 1213) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
97% Outstanding
Lighting 125
Reflection 134
Parallax 124
102% 128 fps
MRender 96.4
Gravity 123
Splatting 103
88% 107 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 97%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 128GB
50GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V3.15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 180 180 160 184 182 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
34.9% Below average
Read 353
Write 167
Mixed 157
SusWrite 175
47% 213 MB/s
4K Read 18
4K Write 5.4
4K Mixed 4.4
36% 9.27 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 34.9%
Great: 93%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
701GB free
Firmware: MS2OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 162 170 168 172 171 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 187
Write 182
Mixed 36.7
SusWrite 168
103% 143 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.6
139% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 102%
Great: 107%
SEAGATE ST3250823A 250GB
54GB free, PID 0651
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Read 37.5
Mixed 29
36% 33.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
60% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 9% Great: 18%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB
3.5TB free, PID 25ee
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 141 141 139 142 141 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
54.8% Above average
Read 110
Write 150
Mixed 80.2
SusWrite 141
167% 120 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
126% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 54.8%
Great: 100%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown BLE8G3D21BCE1.16FN 1315 CT102464BD160B.C16 16GB
1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
56.9% Above average
MC Read 19.9
MC Write 22.1
MC Mixed 17.7
57% 19.9 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 17
SC Mixed 17.7
47% 16.5 GB/s
Latency 70.9
56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 56.9%
Great: 57%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical H81A Builds (Compare 77 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 39%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 30%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Biostar H81A

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $332
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