Biostar Hi-Fi Z97WE

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.7% 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	100% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Biostar Hi-Fi Z97WE (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150610
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '18 at 02:55
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 222 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 428 58% 432 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 118 Parallax 110 91% 113 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 102 Splatting 99.5 82% 99.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$115 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1225G SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 355 359 375 376 366 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 376 Mixed 327 SusWrite 361 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 46 160% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 81.8 DQ Mixed 91.4 90% 150 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 25GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 164 163 169 170 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 257 Write 167 Mixed 162 SusWrite 165 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 41.2 4K Mixed 23.7 84% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 74.5 69% 107 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 51%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 50.0AB50 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 97 99 99 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 111 Write 102 Mixed 85 SusWrite 97.3 73% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 185GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 101 103 103 101 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 182 Write 168 Mixed 106 SusWrite 102 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 1,884 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 27.9 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 22.7 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 49.1 81% 49.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 82%

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Gaming 28%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 24%

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Motherboard: Biostar Hi-Fi Z97WE

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	6x
Xeon E3-1240 v3Intel $203Bench 72%, 3,014 samples	3x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	3x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	3x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	2x

SSD
PC SN720 SDAQNTW-256G-1001 256GBWDCBench 158%, 914 samples	4x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	3x
850 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 110%, 154,399 samples	2x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 59%, 546 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	2x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 1,965 samples	2x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $407

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 $46

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