Biostar Hi-Fi Z97WE

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	32.1% 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	94.7% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Biostar Hi-Fi Z97WE (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141002
Uptime	22.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '17 at 12:57
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 124 2-Core 265 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 614 70% 546 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.1% Below average	Lighting 42 Reflection 27.8 Parallax 50.7 34% 40.2 fps	MRender 27.1 Gravity 40.9 Splatting 34.3 28% 34.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10232 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 662 (B1) Unknown 97 97 54 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 39 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20602982452	94.7% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 401 Mixed 414 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 22.2 126% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 22.7 94% 210 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 18GB free Firmware: 505ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3493551 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 -34205119519857 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 5042 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 3265 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 82 64429883426 (C2) HDA temperature 34 82 64429883426 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3493551 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3493551 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3493551 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 91 91 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 42528 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16451 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16451 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17016	48.2% Average	Read 453 Write 107 Mixed 144 51% 235 MB/s	4K Read 10.7 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 9.79 62% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 37 52% 96.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 73%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA330 1TB 8,831 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 931GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 94 (03) Spinup time 120 120 25790447931 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1987 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19827 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1833 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2049 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2049 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 240519086119 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	75.6% Very good	Read 137 Write 127 Mixed 130 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.41 104% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 76%
WD WD1001FALS-00U9B0 1TB 3,876 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 298GB free Firmware: 06.01D02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 176 4100 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14480 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14107 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 88 88 12959 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14385 (C2) HDA temperature 105 88 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	63.3% Good	Read 116 Write 104 Mixed 98.8 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.23 96% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 73%
WD WD1001FALS-00U9B0 1TB 3,876 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 56GB free Firmware: 06.01D02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 4225 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3384 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25533 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2389 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 220 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3163 (C2) HDA temperature 104 88 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.4% Average	Read 72.6 Write 68 Mixed 68.1 52% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.37 96% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 26.6 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 24.4 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 91%

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Gaming 28%

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

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

SSD
PC SN720 SDAQNTW-256G-1001 256GBWDCBench 158%, 914 samples	4x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16