Biostar GAMING Z170X

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.8% 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	169% 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 (28%). 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	7.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20151104
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '23 at 22:11
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 250 93% 163 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 536 73% 545 Pts	64-Core 529 33% 529 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.8% 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: 1600 MHz, MLim: 970 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.5.2 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Lighting 118 Reflection 107 Parallax 173 96% 133 fps	MRender 90.7 Gravity 127 Splatting 73.4 78% 97.2 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Thnsn5128gpu7 TOSHIBA 128GB 3,510 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57XA4103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 510 464 494 527 563 552 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 1,360 Write 481 Mixed 498 SusWrite 518 157% 714 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 50.2 179% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 708 DQ Write 541 DQ Mixed 528 421% 593 MB/s
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 169% 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 471 Write 443 Mixed 326 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 50.1 175% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 276 215% 295 MB/s
Poor: 45% Great: 82%
Hitachi HTS541010B7E610 1TB 40,802 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 468GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 86 84 86 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 116 Write 102 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 84.8 69% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 6.4 4K Mixed 0.8 266% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 58.3% 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 as expected (40^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 15.1 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 16.2 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 69%

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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 $219Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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