Biostar TZ68A+

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.2% 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 Drive	98.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 TZ68A+ (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120709
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '21 at 08:08
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3770-$297 278,207 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 99.5 2-Core 157 70% 115 Pts	4-Core 277 8-Core 513 47% 395 Pts	64-Core 511 32% 511 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3656) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.2% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 116 Parallax 120 106% 122 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 101 Splatting 88.5 87% 109 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 651GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 370 426 432 455 453 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 441 Mixed 369 SusWrite 393 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 42.9 124% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 364 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 121%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$80 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 69GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 347 394 389 419 418 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 429 Mixed 387 SusWrite 362 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 38.5 117% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 284 236% 340 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 192GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 116 117 118 117 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 114 Write 84.4 Mixed 64 SusWrite 115 69% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 488GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 118 117 117 117 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 53.8 Write 84.2 Mixed 59.2 SusWrite 116 58% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.4 173% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 468 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	49.3% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 14.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 64: 8R 6G 6B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
64%	19%	106	311	237	144	27"	1920 1080	AOC2702 27G2G4

History: Score 53: 10R 1G 0B | Score 64: 8R 6G 6B

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

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

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $405

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	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