Biostar Hi-Fi Z97WE

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	221% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Biostar Hi-Fi Z97WE (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150610
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '18 at 18:33
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 235 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 653 66% 534 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.3% Above average	Lighting 62.1 Reflection 67.7 Parallax 65.9 51% 65.2 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 59.4 Splatting 53.6 50% 61.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$35 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1094 883 834 845 844 840 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,893 Write 1,873 Mixed 1,580 SusWrite 890 350% 1,559 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 63.4 212% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 670 DQ Write 456 DQ Mixed 601 438% 575 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 284%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 148 153 149 151 150 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 147 Write 152 Mixed 59 SusWrite 149 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 269% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 104%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 451GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 111 117 113 112 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 106 Write 114 Mixed 13.5 SusWrite 113 62% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 302GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 96 103 101 105 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	50% Above average	Read 73.2 Write 104 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 101 54% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2133 2OZ 0815 IMT41GU6MFR8W-TA2 0420 DDR3 2133 2OZ 0815 IMT41GU6MFR8W-TA2 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.1% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.4 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 19.5 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 57%

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Typical Hi-Fi Z97WE Builds (Compare 23 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 28%

Raft

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 24%

Surfboard

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
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	3x

SSD
PC SN720 SDAQNTW-256G-1001 256GBWDCBench 158%, 914 samples	4x
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	3x
850 Evo 1TBSamsung $122Bench 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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16