Biostar GAMING Z170X

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.3% 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	179% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago.

Motherboard	Biostar GAMING Z170X (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20151104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '23 at 21:52
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 289 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 509 69% 514 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% PowerColor(148C 2387) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 990 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.5.2 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 109 Parallax 178 99% 136 fps	MRender 92.6 Gravity 131 Splatting 73.3 79% 98.9 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Thnsn5128gpu7 TOSHIBA 128GB 3,510 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57XA4103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 452 468 536 480 464 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1382 Write 544 Mixed 485 SusWrite 476 159% 722 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 59.6 224% 88 MB/s	DQ Read 698 DQ Write 484 DQ Mixed 536 415% 573 MB/s
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 176%
Sandisk X600 M.2 2280 SATA 128GB 4,471 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 5GB free Firmware: X6114012 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 455 Write 342 Mixed 177 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 45.2 178% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 234 178% 243 MB/s
Poor: 45% Great: 82%
Hitachi HTS541010B7E610 1TB 40,802 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 468GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 96 98 98 97 98 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 22% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CM4X4GF2400Z16K4 Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G 0215 CM4X4GF2400C16K4 12GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2940, 2940, 2940 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.6% Average	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 12 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 12.2 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 69%

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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 $130Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16