Biostar TZ68A+

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.51% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Biostar TZ68A+ (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120709
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '20 at 02:47
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600K-$319 147,533 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 93.9 2-Core 168 72% 119 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 434 45% 364 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)-$15 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Biostar(1565 110D) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4459 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	2.51% Terrible	Lighting 2.77 Reflection 3.77 Parallax 1.84 2% 2.79 fps	MRender 3.86 Gravity 1.5 Splatting 5.09 3% 3.48 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.51% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 137 125 131 113 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 325 Write 176 Mixed 185 SusWrite 125 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 50.8 4K Mixed 13.9 74% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 26.3 DQ Write 96.4 DQ Mixed 15.7 25% 46.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 72%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 553GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 71 65 72 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 108 Write 103 Mixed 69 SusWrite 69.9 64% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 83%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 145GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 94 93 83 94 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 64.4 Write 65.3 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 89.9 50% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 62%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 247GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 96 96 87 97 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 63 Write 65.3 Mixed 49.6 SusWrite 94 50% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL51264BA160A.16FH BL51264BA160A.16FH BL51264BA160A.16FH BL51264BA160A.16FH 16GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 17.4 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 17.4 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 59%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Biostar TZ68A+

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	17x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	7x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	6x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	4x

SSD
MX300 275GBCrucial $100Bench 79%, 67,541 samples	3x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	3x
SSD 64GBSanDisk $56Bench 38%, 3,862 samples	3x

RAM
991782 (996782) 991782 (996782) 991995 (996995) 991995 (996995) 12GBUnknownBench 33%, 4 samples	4x
BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE 16GBUnknownBench 40%, 73 samples	3x
CM3X2G1333C9 CM3X2G1333C9 CM3X2G1333C9 CM3X2G1333C9 8GBCorsairBench 44%, 25 samples	3x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $405

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 $52

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