Biostar TA970

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 64.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.5% 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	57.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Biostar TA970 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 14 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140807
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '17 at 23:06
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4350-$57 11,995 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 79.8 2-Core 152 64% 106 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 250 33% 250 Pts	64-Core 250 15% 250 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Gigabyte(1458 226C) CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.6.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	27.5% Poor	Lighting 34.8 Reflection 31.2 Parallax 41.2 28% 35.7 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 28.7 Splatting 35.7 26% 30.8 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2255 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2095 (B1) Unknown 96 96 67 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 44 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10036456467	57.1% Above average	Read 280 Write 295 Mixed 264 63% 280 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 42.5 4K Mixed 19.3 88% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 40.5 DQ Mixed 14.5 16% 26.8 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 760GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2175 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 615 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3002 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 536 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 570 (C2) HDA temperature 107 104 36 (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	97.2% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 172 Mixed 161 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.79 4K Mixed 0.35 142% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 97GB free Firmware: 4.ADA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2542 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 179853139 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 33542 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1703 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 61 58 672923687 (C2) HDA temperature 39 42 38654705703 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 82 69 135553862 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	36.1% Below average	Read 65.9 Write 59.7 Mixed 60 47% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.28 74% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 14GB 9,406 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 667, 800, 800, 800 MHz 2048, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	40.5% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 14.2 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 52%

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 $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	5x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $71Bench 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: $352

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16