Biostar A870U3

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 57.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	14% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	59.6% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Biostar A870U3 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110119
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '17 at 04:15
Run Duration	379 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Memory 90.4 1-Core 47.4 2-Core 94.7 52% 77.5 Pts	4-Core 141 8-Core 147 19% 144 Pts	64-Core 183 11% 183 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% XFX(1682 3232) 1GB CLim: 1095 MHz, MLim: 1245 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Lighting 16.9 Reflection 18.4 Parallax 22.6 14% 19.3 fps	MRender 15.1 Gravity 15.3 Splatting 20.6 14% 17 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 256GB-$114 909 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^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 100 100 478 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1119 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 31 (A3) Unknown 100 100 38 (A4) Unknown 100 100 18344 (A5) Unknown 100 100 79 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 18582 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 70990 (F2) Unknown 100 100 101973 (F5) Unknown 100 100 146752	59.6% Above average	Read 405 Write 289 Mixed 294 73% 329 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 50.8 4K Mixed 14.7 80% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 24.7 DQ Write 72.1 DQ Mixed 15.8 21% 37.5 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 98%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: ML6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 100 (03) Spinup time 136 136 34386149778 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9402 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 148 148 28 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14412 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3588 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9402 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9402 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 193274642465 (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 0	60% Good	Read 96.8 Write 112 Mixed 26.3 57% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.33 85% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 255GB free Firmware: SD1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 97 229777626 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10776 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 46 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 4338731228 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17120 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 76 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 5059 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 38655295516 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 57 538378269 (C2) HDA temperature 29 43 68719476765 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 15 229777626 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 7 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 7 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	43.1% Average	Read 56.4 Write 93.5 Mixed 77.6 57% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.35 89% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 59%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB 393 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 314GB free, PID ce21 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 34.6 Write 32.7 Mixed 5.2 28% 24.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.34 49% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.3% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 12.7 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 9 22% 7.67 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 61%

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Biostar A870U3

CPU
Phenom II X4 840AMD $150Bench 47%, 5,147 samples	1x
Phenom II X4 B55AMDBench 54%, 3,005 samples	1x
Athlon II X4 630AMDBench 45%, 7,197 samples	1x

GPU
GeForce GTS 250NvidiaBench 7%, 14,881 samples	1x
GeForce GTS 450NvidiaBench 7%, 25,436 samples	1x
Radeon HD 5570AMDBench 4%, 12,172 samples	1x

SSD
BX500 480GBCrucial $38Bench 63%, 83,298 samples	1x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $125Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	1x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	2x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	1x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	1x

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Value: 50% - Above average

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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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