Biostar N68S3B

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 54%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics6.78% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive35.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardBiostar N68S3B  (all builds)
Memory4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20101112
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 05 '22 at 16:46
Run Duration208 Seconds
Run User IDN-User
Background CPU 32%

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Athlon II X4 640-$70
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
53.3% Above average
Memory 92.8
1-Core 41.8
2-Core 74.9
49% 69.8 Pts
4-Core 78.5
8-Core 148
14% 113 Pts
64-Core 108
7% 108 Pts
Poor: 33%
This bench: 53.3%
Great: 53%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730
Nvidia(10DE 1127) 1GB
CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
6.78% Terrible
Lighting 8.4
Reflection 9
Parallax 9.4
7% 8.93 fps
MRender 10.6
Gravity 7.4
Splatting 7
7% 8.33 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.78%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
V-gen07s M22AR128HY 1 128GB
84GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V070
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 159 164 161 165 164 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
35.6% Below average
Read 210
Write 168
Mixed 178
SusWrite 162
40% 179 MB/s
4K Read 13.4
4K Write 29.4
4K Mixed 10.1
49% 17.6 MB/s
DQ Read 30.6
DQ Write 95.9
DQ Mixed 20.9
28% 49.1 MB/s
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23
240GB free
Firmware: KC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 103 105 100 105 105 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
58.8% Above average
Read 101
Write 100
Mixed 49.5
SusWrite 104
65% 88.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.8
137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 58.8%
Great: 88%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR3-1600 CL11 4GB DDR3-1600 CL11 4GB 8GB
667, 667 MHz
4096, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
20.4% Poor
MC Read 7.6
MC Write 4.4
MC Mixed 6
17% 6 GB/s
SC Read 4.6
SC Write 4.4
SC Mixed 4.1
12% 4.37 GB/s
Latency 62.5
64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 18%
This bench: 20.4%
Great: 44%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical N68S3B Builds (Compare 53 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 19%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Biostar N68S3B

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