Biostar TA970XE

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 59.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	21.7% 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	35.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Biostar TA970XE (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120905
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 25 '18 at 13:23
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	59.6% Above average	Memory 83.6 1-Core 58.2 2-Core 104 53% 81.9 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 322 32% 258 Pts	64-Core 327 20% 327 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2662) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Lighting 25.3 Reflection 24.5 Parallax 31.3 21% 27.1 fps	MRender 33 Gravity 29 Splatting 26 24% 29.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
FM-25S3-120GBP3 120GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: GS504 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 118 218000735 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 131803956425241 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 193 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 82 (B1) Unknown 0 0 17 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 218000735 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 218000735 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 218000735 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25150 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20911 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20911 (F2) Unknown 0 0 53640	35.2% Below average	Read 151 Write 110 Mixed 117 28% 126 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 54.6 4K Mixed 6.93 71% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 19 DQ Write 85.8 DQ Mixed 7.58 19% 37.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 59%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 52GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 107 105 7608 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2204 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25246 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 269 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 349145 (C2) HDA temperature 109 95 38 (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	33.1% Below average	Read 61.1 Write 54 Mixed 21.6 33% 45.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.17 66% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 57%

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 above expectations (86^th percentile)	47.7% Average	MC Read 20 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 17.4 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 10.2 26% 9.03 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 54%

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Typical TA970XE Builds (Compare 6 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Biostar TA970XE

CPU
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	2x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	2x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	1x

GPU
HD 6870AMDBench 15%, 25,443 samples	1x
R7 250AMDBench 8%, 25,802 samples	1x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	1x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	1x

RAM
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	2x
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	2x
10GBUnknownBench 31%, 21,027 samples	1x

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Value: 12% - Very poor

Total price: $29

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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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