Biostar B660MX-E

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	168% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago.

Motherboard	Biostar B660MX-E (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211229
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '23 at 20:23
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-12100F-$93 11,860 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 81.7 1-Core 173 2-Core 289 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 771 81% 647 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$270 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 3903) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 531.61 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 120 Parallax 126 109% 126 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 102 Splatting 88.7 88% 111 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SNV2S500G 500GB 18,653 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBI02102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 319 274 331 329 273 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 2028 Write 364 Mixed 496 SusWrite 313 173% 800 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 19.7 147% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 779 DQ Write 380 DQ Mixed 266 281% 475 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 323%
P4-240 240GB 2,162 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 141GB free Firmware: SN3060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 27 28 27 29 27 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 461 Write 398 Mixed 336 SusWrite 54.8 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 37.7 147% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 141 120% 170 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 94%
Samsung M3 Portable 2TB 1,824 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1402 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 119 120 119 119 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 103 Write 84.2 Mixed 62 SusWrite 118 67% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW8GX4M1E3200C16 2x8GB 1,327 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (86^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	96.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 33.7 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 24.4 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 106%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 95%

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Motherboard: Biostar B660MX-E

CPU
Core i5-12400FIntel $134Bench 98%, 48,886 samples	54x
Core i3-12100FIntel $93Bench 94%, 11,860 samples	12x
Core i5-12400Intel $152Bench 98%, 17,352 samples	9x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	23x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	13x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	4x

SSD
SNV2S500G 500GBKingstonBench 233%, 18,653 samples	11x
WDS480G2G0C-00AJM0 480GBWDCBench 179%, 5,487 samples	6x
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples	6x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	14x
CMW8GX4M1E3200C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 84%, 1,327 samples	5x
2x16GBSamsungBench 80%, 284 samples	3x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $404

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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