Biostar TA970

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 38.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	32.5% 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	39.5% 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 (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Biostar TA970 (all builds)
Memory	0.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140807
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '17 at 20:35
Run Duration	295 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	56%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 4.4 GHz, turbo 1.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	38.3% Below average	Memory 66 1-Core 23.3 2-Core 45.6 32% 45 Pts	4-Core 60.5 8-Core 127 11% 93.6 Pts	64-Core 137 8% 137 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% XFX(1682 3233) 1GB CLim: 500 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.7 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	6.53% Terrible	Lighting 7.33 Reflection 6.08 Parallax 11.1 6% 8.18 fps	MRender 7.71 Gravity 8.1 Splatting 11.2 8% 9.01 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 6.53% Great: 14%
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04FB) CLim: 1310 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.5% Below average	Lighting 29.7 Reflection 36.9 Parallax 81.2 24% 49.3 fps	MRender 66.4 Gravity 57.8 Splatting 55.6 48% 59.9 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19448 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 478 (B1) Unknown 98 98 34 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 46 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 279 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12700502330	39.5% Below average	Read 219 Write 261 Mixed 225 53% 235 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 18.8 4K Mixed 8.1 46% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 16.3 DQ Write 39.8 DQ Mixed 10.9 13% 22.3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 270GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 96 82522480 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4258 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 107731662431 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 30723 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 579 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 36 36 64 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1176 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 43 43 57 (BE) vendor-specific 64 46 605552676 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 416 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 44394 (C2) HDA temperature 36 54 34359738404 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 40 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 40 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -116866060104620 (F1) Unknown 100 253 74382043899 (F2) Unknown 100 253 69522456928	85.3% Excellent	Read 144 Write 154 Mixed 159 115% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.23 83% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 112%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB 2,589 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID c75c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	6.7% Terrible	Read 27.7 Write 7.85 Mixed 9.32 15% 15 MB/s	4K Read 4.08 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.004 15% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.7% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 667, 667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	25.5% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 8.3 25% 8.87 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 4.9 SC Mixed 7.1 17% 6 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 54%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Biostar TA970 - $125

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	47x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	46x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $50Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	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