Biostar TA970

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	13.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	50% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Biostar TA970 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130114
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '17 at 11:58
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 72.2 2-Core 146 62% 102 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 415 43% 349 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% XFX(1682 3233) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Lighting 16.5 Reflection 16.6 Parallax 22.3 13% 18.5 fps	MRender 14 Gravity 15.3 Splatting 18.6 13% 16 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5S 128GB-$75 5,727 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd 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 2661 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2332 (B1) Unknown 100 100 985567 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 347 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 17 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 976377 (F2) Unknown 100 100 594057	50% Above average	Read 334 Write 212 Mixed 255 59% 267 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 40.1 4K Mixed 14.9 74% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 23 DQ Write 62.3 DQ Mixed 15.9 20% 33.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 167GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 21059976 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4371 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 47538223 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7625 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2504 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 632 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 51 9213050917 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 344 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 59 59 82185 (C2) HDA temperature 37 49 -140737488355291 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 32 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 48507360644975 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12510896391 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41360748743	86.1% Excellent	Read 144 Write 157 Mixed 89 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.22 78% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	45.6% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 10.1 25% 8.6 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 51%

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

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Biostar TA970 - $125

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	47x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 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 $129Bench 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

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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