Biostar TA970XE

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	38.1% 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	20.4% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 TA970XE (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120202
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '17 at 06:36
Run Duration	586 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 77.3 2-Core 147 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 443 44% 357 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2968) 2GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Lighting 50.3 Reflection 46.3 Parallax 41.3 41% 46 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 42.6 Splatting 37.6 32% 39.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (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 5366 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 785 (A2) Unknown 77 77 98 (AA) Unknown 100 100 87 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14949895 (AE) Unknown 100 100 59 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 92 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9220 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4947	20.4% Poor	Read 171 Write 21.4 Mixed 43.7 17% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 7.57 4K Mixed 3.18 45% 11.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 546GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 168 2383 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2426 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13260 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1710 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 285 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2140 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 30 (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 41 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500321CS 500GB 602 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 466GB free Firmware: SC14 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 54404798 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3651 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 421658826803 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24769 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 10 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3651 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 171801903178 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 2229 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 588185631 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 64424509471 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 65 53 54404798 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	45.3% Average	Read 77.7 Write 80.1 Mixed 65.5 56% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.38 91% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 47%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 141GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 122 122 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1211 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2171 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1168 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 63671 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 184683790365 (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 200 200 101 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0
Poor: 35% Great: 75%
Specific STORAGE DEVICE 64GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 57GB free, PID 205a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	3.43% Terrible	Read 19.1 Write 2.89 Mixed 4.13 8% 8.69 MB/s	4K Read 0.11 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.001 0% 0.04 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.43% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	46.4% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 16 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 12.1 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 54%

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Gaming 12%

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 10%

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Motherboard: Biostar TA970XE

CPU
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	2x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	2x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	1x

GPU
HD 6870AMDBench 15%, 25,443 samples	1x
R7 250AMDBench 8%, 25,802 samples	1x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	1x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	1x

RAM
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	2x
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	2x
10GBUnknownBench 31%, 21,027 samples	1x

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Value: 11% - Very poor

Total price: $30

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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