Biostar TZ68A+

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	49.8% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Biostar TZ68A+ (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120709
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '20 at 22:50
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 90.8 2-Core 220 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 566 59% 472 Pts	64-Core 558 35% 558 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 6,831 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Biostar(1565 110D) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 2% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 151 158 153 104 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 396 Write 192 Mixed 211 SusWrite 141 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 37.9 4K Mixed 14.4 78% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 87.7 DQ Mixed 16.9 25% 44.4 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 72%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 553GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 71 72 70 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 107 Write 98.1 Mixed 87.2 SusWrite 70.7 68% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 83%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 157GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 94 95 94 96 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	48% Average	Read 72.3 Write 69 Mixed 56 SusWrite 94.4 54% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 62%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 247GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 96 98 96 97 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 66.3 Write 63.3 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 96 52% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 186% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL51264BA160A.16FH BL51264BA160A.16FH BL51264BA160A.16FH BL51264BA160A.16FH 16GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 18.1 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 20.3 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 59%

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Typical TZ68A+ Builds (Compare 53 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 22%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Biostar TZ68A+

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	17x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	7x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	6x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	4x

SSD
MX300 275GBCrucial $100Bench 79%, 67,541 samples	3x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	3x
SSD 64GBSanDisk $56Bench 38%, 3,862 samples	3x

RAM
991782 (996782) 991782 (996782) 991995 (996995) 991995 (996995) 12GBUnknownBench 33%, 4 samples	4x
BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE 16GBUnknownBench 40%, 73 samples	3x
CM3X2G1333C9 CM3X2G1333C9 CM3X2G1333C9 CM3X2G1333C9 8GBCorsairBench 44%, 25 samples	3x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $405

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $175	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16