Biostar Hi-Fi Z87W

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. 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 63.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	39.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	83.7% 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 Hi-Fi Z87W (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '17 at 20:49
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Memory 94.6 1-Core 93.3 2-Core 190 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 190 25% 189 Pts	64-Core 187 12% 187 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 3603) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 372.90 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 42.3 Parallax 59 39% 49.7 fps	MRender 56.1 Gravity 52.9 Splatting 39.5 39% 49.5 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41000WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 355 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 178 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4980795 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 283 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 39 (C2) HDA temperature 69 49 210454315039 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 68720394256 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 336 (EA) Unknown 100 100 431 (F1) Unknown 253 253 404 (F2) Unknown 253 253 493 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	83.7% Excellent	Read 479 Write 332 Mixed 277 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 21.3 112% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 42.9 89% 184 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 100%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 209GB free Firmware: ES12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 217909671 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 718 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 566304 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1246 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 348 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 75 54 420937753 (C2) HDA temperature 25 46 47244640281 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 48 217909671 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	50.3% Above average	Read 89 Write 86.1 Mixed 78 63% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.45 99% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 60%
JetFlash Transcend 32GB 11,405 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 26GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	23.6% Poor	Read 113 Write 9.88 Mixed 57 61% 59.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.03 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.85 92% 2.69 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	62.5% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.7 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 64%

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

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Biostar Hi-Fi Z87W

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	10x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	9x
Core i5-4670KIntel $127Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	2x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	14x
Quadro K600NvidiaBench 3%, 8,087 samples	4x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	17x
840 Evo 500GBSamsung $150Bench 103%, 68,337 samples	2x
M500 240GBCrucial $73Bench 77%, 31,779 samples	1x

RAM
9905471-052.A00LF 1x8GBKingstonBench 27%, 203 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	2x
99U5471-054.A00LF 1x8GBKingstonBench 30%, 12,132 samples	2x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $188

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 $184	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