Biostar TA970

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	50.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Biostar TA970 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140807
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '18 at 00:40
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 71.9 2-Core 141 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 422 42% 342 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.6% Above average	Lighting 62.6 Reflection 67.1 Parallax 65.9 51% 65.2 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 59.5 Splatting 54.2 50% 61.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 238GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 135 142 162 168 163 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	73% Very good	Read 104 Write 146 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 149 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.2 395% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 913GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 193 186 189 188 189 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 71.3 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 190 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 800, 800 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	47.1% Average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 16.9 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 11.9 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 54%

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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 $90Bench 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 $70Bench 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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16