Biostar TA970

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 62.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	38% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Biostar TA970 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140312
Uptime	7.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '18 at 15:16
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 64.4 2-Core 130 57% 92.4 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 380 37% 306 Pts	64-Core 377 23% 377 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% PowerColor(148C 3001) 3GB CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	38% Below average	Lighting 49.7 Reflection 32.9 Parallax 62.2 40% 48.3 fps	MRender 31.4 Gravity 48.3 Splatting 41.1 33% 40.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 348GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 306 337 355 348 353 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 348 Write 351 Mixed 315 SusWrite 334 76% 337 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 46 4K Mixed 33.6 109% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 32.1 DQ Write 80.7 DQ Mixed 44.8 38% 52.5 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 245GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 118 120 101 117 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 121 Write 128 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 114 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 109%
Generic- SD/MMC 2GB 243 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.8 3.7 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	2.63% Terrible	Read 9.8 Write 3.5 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 3.7 6% 5.33 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 6% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.63% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	45.8% Average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11.9 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 54%

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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 $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