Biostar TA970XE

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 64.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.28% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.1% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Biostar TA970XE (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120905
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '17 at 05:26
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 55.3 2-Core 111 56% 86.1 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 219 29% 220 Pts	64-Core 209 13% 209 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4500 9,615 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 8113) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.28% Terrible	Lighting 1.67 Reflection 2.62 Parallax 1.34 1% 1.88 fps	MRender 1.57 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.61 1% 1.34 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.28% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 512GB-$283 5,683 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 304GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4048 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 336 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 34 (AE) Unknown 100 100 27 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 53 201864577061 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 9214503388 (F7) Unknown 100 100 314248071 (F8) Unknown 100 100 868805922	61.1% Good	Read 276 Write 379 Mixed 199 64% 285 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 44.3 4K Mixed 20.1 83% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25.2 DQ Write 56.9 DQ Mixed 20 21% 34 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 111%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE-A 1GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 0716 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	4% Terrible	Read 12.5 Write 5.29 Mixed 7.39 10% 8.38 MB/s	4K Read 3.96 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 17% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	37.7% Below average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 13.9 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 9.9 24% 8.37 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 54%

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Typical TA970XE Builds (Compare 6 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Biostar TA970XE

CPU
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	2x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	2x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	1x

GPU
HD 6870AMDBench 15%, 25,443 samples	1x
R7 250AMDBench 8%, 25,802 samples	1x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	1x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	1x

RAM
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	2x
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	2x
10GBUnknownBench 31%, 21,027 samples	1x

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Value: 12% - Very poor

Total price: $28

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Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16