Biostar GAMING Z170X

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	69.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Biostar GAMING Z170X (all builds)
Memory	20.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180528
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '20 at 07:38
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	LKA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 76 1-Core 119 2-Core 216 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 581 59% 476 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.3% Good	Lighting 60.7 Reflection 57.9 Parallax 130 50% 82.9 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 128 Splatting 107 108% 136 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1342 Write 759 Mixed 632 200% 911 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 49.2 183% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 696 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 398 313% 447 MB/s
Poor: 109% Great: 220%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 262GB free Firmware: SC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 105 104 105 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 118 Write 118 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 104 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 0.7 238% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 241GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 177 178 177 178 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 161 Mixed 88.3 SusWrite 176 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series 4x8GB 1,524 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 19.9 64% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 18.7 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 88.2 45% 88.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 109%

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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 $81Bench 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 $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