Biostar TA970

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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	47% 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	39.1% 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.

Motherboard	Biostar TA970 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140807
Uptime	12.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '19 at 13:41
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Memory 84.6 1-Core 68.2 2-Core 131 58% 94.6 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 294 30% 242 Pts	64-Core 282 18% 282 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47% Average	Lighting 57.5 Reflection 63.6 Parallax 56.4 47% 59.2 fps	MRender 69.8 Gravity 56.9 Splatting 49.9 47% 58.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Qumox 240GB SSD 240GB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: V2.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 85 72 89 52 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 351 Write 282 Mixed 233 SusWrite 75 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 36.6 4K Mixed 10.7 64% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23.9 DQ Write 63.6 DQ Mixed 13.3 19% 33.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 46GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 102 101 101 103 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 92.3 Write 89.7 Mixed 60 SusWrite 101 63% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 170GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 102 94 96 96 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 167 Write 160 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 96.6 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 36GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 92 72 90 53 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 133 Write 129 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 77.1 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 0830 1TB 8,379 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 45GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 60 64 56 70 72 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	33% Below average	Read 89.5 Write 91.5 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 63.1 98% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 800, 667, 800, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	41.4% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 14.4 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.3 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 41.4% 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 $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