Biostar TA970

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.6% 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	64.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Biostar TA970 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140807
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '20 at 09:05
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 95.4 1-Core 74.2 2-Core 147 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 324 37% 291 Pts	64-Core 339 21% 339 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8422) 2GB CLim: 1291 MHz, MLim: 1677 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Lighting 26 Reflection 25.5 Parallax 36.2 21% 29.2 fps	MRender 36.6 Gravity 31 Splatting 27.2 25% 31.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate 600 240GB-$215 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: C675 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 85 150 75 130 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 469 Write 250 Mixed 330 SusWrite 116 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 45.7 4K Mixed 26.8 91% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 204 161% 226 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 103%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 176GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 135 133 134 134 135 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 174 Write 168 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 132 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 230% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 109%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 313GB free Firmware: 1AJ10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 108 108 108 108 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 47.7 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 107 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 202% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 933, 933 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 21 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 15.2 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 57.8% 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 $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