Biostar TA970

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 59.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	23.1% 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	67% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Biostar TA970 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140807
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '17 at 07:02
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Memory 83.9 1-Core 74.9 2-Core 136 60% 98.3 Pts	4-Core 196 8-Core 228 28% 212 Pts	64-Core 228 14% 228 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 22DD) CLim: 1212 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	23.1% Poor	Lighting 27.1 Reflection 31.6 Parallax 31.8 22% 30.2 fps	MRender 30.6 Gravity 25 Splatting 34.4 25% 30 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 317GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^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 1028 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 259 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 149 (A3) Unknown 100 100 50 (A4) Unknown 100 100 19590 (A5) Unknown 100 100 32 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 9 (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 15 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 41254 (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 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 184403 (F2) Unknown 100 100 199555 (F5) Unknown 100 100 313440	67% Good	Read 397 Write 363 Mixed 306 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 56.5 4K Mixed 16.4 89% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 28.3 DQ Write 88.5 DQ Mixed 19 26% 45.3 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 105%
Seagate IronWolf 10TB (2016)-$233 347 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 9TB free Firmware: SC60 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 71 65 13666445 (03) Spinup time 86 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 233 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 5853941 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -38530151612051 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 79 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 58 622657572 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 26 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 742 (C2) HDA temperature 36 42 81604378660 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 9 8 13666445 (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 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -127367255162853 (F1) Unknown 100 253 686460835 (F2) Unknown 100 253 66577616
Poor: 34% Great: 113%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 126GB 651 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 106GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 31.1 Write 6.42 Mixed 21.5 22% 19.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.95 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 1.15 123% 2.38 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 667, 667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	43.4% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 15.6 44% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 13.1 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 54%

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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

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $352

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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