Biostar GAMING Z170X

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Biostar GAMING Z170X (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150811
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '16 at 11:20
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G4500-$37 3,191 User benchmarks, average bench 56% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Memory 93 1-Core 113 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 226 30% 226 Pts	64-Core 226 14% 226 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.151.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 65.8 Parallax 89.7 63% 77.6 fps	MRender 63.5 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 81.1 58% 69.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 128GB 8,600 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6.3E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 128 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 54 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 720900 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 8590852100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1101 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 71 71 124555493405 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 800308224 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1792384192 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 642564403 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1092611516	85.6% Excellent	Read 487 Write 179 Mixed 258 67% 308 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 30 151% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 35.3 80% 168 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 977GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 29056192 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3295 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 5120567 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7989 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 458 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 55 859006632296 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 51 437518362 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 184 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12683 (C2) HDA temperature 26 49 30064771098 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 444 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 100231651787522 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27252612808393 (F2) Unknown 100 253 40676491085357	65.8% Good	Read 109 Write 120 Mixed 117 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.38 97% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 287GB free Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 43271416 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5304 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 30 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7422804 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5202 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1742 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590065668 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 56 437518360 (C2) HDA temperature 24 44 34359738392 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 28 43271416 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 133242770432493 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3553510878 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1752025078	43.4% Average	Read 91.5 Write 59.7 Mixed 73.4 56% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.5 108% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905622-024.A00G 2x4GB 435 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 77%

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 9%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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