Biostar A870U3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 36.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Biostar A870U3 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110119
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '21 at 23:41
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 630 7,197 User benchmarks, average bench 45% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Memory 51.8 1-Core 39.1 2-Core 76.6 35% 55.8 Pts	4-Core 120 8-Core 129 16% 124 Pts	64-Core 129 8% 129 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 904GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 152 156 154 158 152 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 133 Write 115 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 155 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 22 21 22 22 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 90.3 Write 95.5 Mixed 91.2 SusWrite 21.8 56% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.3 363% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 90%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 14GB free Firmware: 12.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	25.6% Poor	Read 47.2 Write 37.4 Mixed 26.3 SusWrite 41.6 28% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 60%
WD easystore 264D 8TB 977 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 5.5TB free, PID 264d Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 91 84 65 69 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 134 Write 88.6 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 73.6 110% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 127% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 99%

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 way below expectations (7^th percentile)	26.1% Poor	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 6.3 MC Mixed 10.4 27% 9.37 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 7.7 18% 6.43 GB/s	Latency 154 26% 154 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 61%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical A870U3 Builds (Compare 5 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

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 $115Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	1x

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 50% - Above average

Total price: $188

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