Biostar B45M2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Biostar B45M2 (all builds)
Memory	2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20190304
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '24 at 19:40
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 72 1-Core 106 2-Core 219 73% 132 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 598 61% 493 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 869F) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76% Very good	Lighting 96.8 Reflection 96.5 Parallax 87.9 79% 93.7 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 88.1 Splatting 76.1 70% 87.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 120GB-$15 37,154 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 469 Write 353 Mixed 23 61% 282 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 12.2 4K Mixed 16.5 63% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 1.1 53% 126 MB/s
Poor: 34% Great: 86%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 84 87 54 105 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	54% Above average	Read 106 Write 124 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 81.4 70% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2666 C19 1x8GB 2,427 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.4% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 14.4 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 14.4 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 95.5 42% 95.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 51%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	23	3	165	31.5"	1280 720	SAM72FE LS32CG51x

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Biostar B45M2

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	23x
Ryzen 5 3500XAMD $160Bench 82%, 33,544 samples	18x
Ryzen 7 2700AMD $185Bench 74%, 123,820 samples	9x

GPU
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	12x
GTX 1660Nvidia $143Bench 68%, 230,793 samples	11x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	8x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $50Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	5x
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	4x
BX500 480GBCrucial $38Bench 63%, 83,298 samples	4x

RAM
Value DDR4 2666 C19 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 80%, 4,888 samples	15x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	5x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	4x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $330

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $37	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