Biostar TA970

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 61.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.53% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	47.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Biostar TA970 (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130114
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '19 at 16:18
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 above expectations (61^st percentile)	61.7% Good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 70 2-Core 137 59% 96.6 Pts	4-Core 222 8-Core 397 37% 310 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 048B) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.12.3 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	5.53% Terrible	Lighting 6.53 Reflection 7.96 Parallax 8.09 5% 7.53 fps	MRender 7.38 Gravity 6 Splatting 8 6% 7.13 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.53% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 106 110 111 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 394 Write 329 Mixed 220 SusWrite 108 58% 263 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 9.8 80% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 93.3 DQ Mixed 11.8 23% 44 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 198 197 197 198 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 161 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 197 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 188GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 101 102 106 105 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 176 Write 114 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 104 75% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 74% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 163GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 110 106 110 111 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 116 Write 86.5 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 109 70% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA STOR.E PARTNER 1TB 758 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 111GB free, PID b001 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 28 28 28 28 28 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 26 Write 27.7 SusWrite 27.6 35% 27.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.4 15% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 8% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 32GB 5,781 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.9% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 14 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 10.2 26% 9.1 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 101%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical TA970 Builds (Compare 177 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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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