Biostar GAMING Z170X

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Biostar GAMING Z170X (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151104
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '20 at 19:29
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (95^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 235 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 466 63% 468 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1599 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Lighting 74.3 Reflection 77.9 Parallax 70.1 61% 74.1 fps	MRender 73.2 Gravity 70.8 Splatting 61.7 55% 68.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Thnsn5128gpu7 TOSHIBA 128GB 3,510 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57XA4103 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,239 Write 591 Mixed 586 176% 805 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 44.3 163% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 697 DQ Write 575 DQ Mixed 513 418% 595 MB/s
Poor: 91% Great: 176%
Sandisk X600 M.2 2280 SATA 128GB 4,471 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 66GB free Firmware: X6114012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 110 109 110 109 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 446 Mixed 319 SusWrite 121 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 44.9 169% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 271 212% 293 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 82%
Hitachi HTS541010B7E610 1TB 40,802 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 866GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 114 114 115 114 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 121 Write 105 Mixed 78.1 SusWrite 113 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 0.8 257% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CM4X4GF2400C16K4 0215 CM4X4GF2400Z16K4 0215 CM4X4GF2400Z16K4 Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	78.8% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 24.9 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 78%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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