Biostar TA970

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 63.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.6% 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	55.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Biostar TA970 (all builds)
Memory	2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130114
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '18 at 22:18
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 60.1 2-Core 122 57% 89.9 Pts	4-Core 212 8-Core 370 35% 291 Pts	64-Core 379 24% 379 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% PNY(196E 11C0) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Lighting 36.5 Reflection 26.8 Parallax 33.8 30% 32.4 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 34.6 Splatting 34.4 29% 36.2 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 249 119 155 96 167 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 337 Write 355 Mixed 264 SusWrite 180 64% 284 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 28.1 92% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30.9 DQ Write 84.1 DQ Mixed 39.2 35% 51.4 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 101%
Seagate ST3360320AS 360GB-$79 6,615 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 10GB free Firmware: 3.CHL SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 56 56 55 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	Read 54.8 Write 29.5 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 55.6 33% 44.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 44%
Maxtor 6B200M0 204GB-$81 1,170 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 35GB free Firmware: BANC1B70 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 42 41 42 41 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 27.5 Write 34.5 Mixed 22.8 SusWrite 42.2 23% 31.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.4 121% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 800, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	34.9% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 10.7 33% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 10.2 26% 8.97 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 51%

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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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	5x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $62Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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