Biostar TA970

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 67.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	53.1% 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	60.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Biostar TA970 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140807
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '17 at 02:56
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 69.4 2-Core 137 60% 98 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 430 42% 343 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Gigabyte(1458 22D0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1290 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Lighting 67.9 Reflection 63.4 Parallax 82 55% 71.1 fps	MRender 63.4 Gravity 64.8 Splatting 53 49% 60.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 307GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 329 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 65 55 193274839075 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6773	52.8% Above average	Read 379 Write 276 Mixed 206 63% 287 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 35.1 4K Mixed 8.89 66% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 28.7 DQ Write 60.2 DQ Mixed 10.6 18% 33.2 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 101%
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0815B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1256 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 701 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 21 (A3) Unknown 100 100 25 (A4) Unknown 100 100 49595 (A5) Unknown 100 100 105 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 50 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 48 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 50 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 21208 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 229707 (F2) Unknown 100 100 272874 (F5) Unknown 100 100 396760	60.6% Good	Read 392 Write 292 Mixed 305 73% 330 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 50.9 4K Mixed 15.6 83% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 90.1 DQ Mixed 17.7 26% 45.3 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 477GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3643 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13161 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 928 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 135 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3509 (C2) HDA temperature 108 94 35 (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	63.5% Good	Read 111 Write 111 Mixed 111 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	45.4% Average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 15.6 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 12.3 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 54%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Biostar TA970 - $125

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	47x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	46x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	22x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	14x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	6x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	6x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	5x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $60Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	4x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	79x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	31x
32GBUnknownBench 53%, 5,781 samples	22x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $351

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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