Biostar TA970

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.7% 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	36.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Biostar TA970 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140807
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '16 at 04:56
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6120 Six-Core 1,739 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 69.5 2-Core 128 60% 95.7 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 282 33% 256 Pts	64-Core 280 17% 280 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 227B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.300.2311.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Lighting 27.8 Reflection 31.4 Parallax 31.8 23% 30.3 fps	MRender 23.6 Gravity 24.7 Splatting 32.8 23% 27 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 240GB-$99 690 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th 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 106 106 12248415 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 40896678624569 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 61 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 269 (B1) Unknown 0 0 12 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 33 52 60132950049 (C2) HDA temperature 33 52 60132950049 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12248415 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12248415 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12248415 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 34648 (EA) Unknown 0 0 26168 (F1) Unknown 0 0 26168 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15664	36.3% Below average	Read 122 Write 119 Mixed 113 26% 118 MB/s	4K Read 8.66 4K Write 60.6 4K Mixed 12.7 62% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 27.8 48% 95.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 91%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 867GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 134 134 21492728099 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 139 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4590 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 70 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 176 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 167504838688 (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	91.9% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 160 Mixed 151 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.21 83% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 108%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 306GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 95 (03) Spinup time 121 121 25790447925 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3062 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 48335 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 506 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3391 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3391 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 236224184359 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	63.9% Good	Read 111 Write 112 Mixed 96.8 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.34 80% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 800, 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	46.6% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 16.9 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.6 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 54%

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 TA970 Builds (Compare 177 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Biostar TA970 - $125

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	47x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	46x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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