Biostar GAMING Z170X

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 12% Tree trunk	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 7.11%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	1.99% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Biostar GAMING Z170X (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180528
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '21 at 18:57
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$51 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	7.11% Terrible	Memory 8.98 1-Core 8.6 2-Core 16.8 7% 11.5 Pts	4-Core 29.1 8-Core 37.7 4% 33.4 Pts	64-Core 40 2% 40 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 7.11% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Biostar(1565 3111) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6170 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.99% Terrible	Lighting 2.2 Reflection 2 Parallax 2.4 2% 2.2 fps	MRender 2.9 Gravity 2.1 Splatting 3.5 2% 2.83 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 1.99% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Colorful CN600 128GB 133 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0828A3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 251 347 370 96 172 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 680 Write 315 Mixed 475 SusWrite 259 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 22.6 4K Mixed 10.6 47% 15.7 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 137 107% 148 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 174%
ASMT 2115 1TB 4,577 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 742GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 103 117 120 124 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 115 Write 101 Mixed 4.9 SusWrite 118 109% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 41% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 167%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown D4H4GL26A8TS6 2x4GB 189 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	21.4% Poor	MC Read 6.1 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 8.6 25% 8.67 GB/s	SC Read 1.3 SC Write 4 SC Mixed 1.8 7% 2.37 GB/s	Latency 413 10% 413 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 94%

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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 $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	9x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 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 $36Bench 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: 69% - Good

Total price: $102

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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