Biostar GAMING Z170X

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 30.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	28.5% 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	54.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Biostar GAMING Z170X (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '19 at 14:57
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	LKA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 0.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	30.7% Below average	Memory 46 1-Core 25.6 2-Core 47.1 26% 39.6 Pts	4-Core 93.2 8-Core 80.6 12% 86.9 Pts	64-Core 89.6 6% 89.6 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% MSI(1462 3030) 2GB CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.4.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Lighting 34.7 Reflection 34.6 Parallax 45.1 28% 38.1 fps	MRender 30.4 Gravity 33.5 Splatting 39.8 29% 34.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 117 114 117 113 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 379 Write 123 Mixed 180 SusWrite 114 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 21.1 83% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 123 103% 151 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 193GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 185 193 194 196 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 152 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 192 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 206GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 119 122 122 123 124 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 125 Write 122 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 121 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 86%
ChipsBnk Multi-Reader 16GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 13GB free, PID 4082 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Read 17.2 Write 11.5 Mixed 13 SusWrite 11 17% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 3.1 184% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-15-15 D4-2133 2x8GB 1,169 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	42.6% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 18.2 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 8.2 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 176 23% 176 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 80%

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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%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Biostar GAMING Z170X

CPU
Pentium G4560Intel $31Bench 57%, 70,054 samples	10x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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