Biostar A880GU3

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.95% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	34.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Biostar A880GU3 (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110125
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '20 at 09:04
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	26%

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 Phenom II X4 945 12,746 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Memory 80.7 1-Core 41.9 2-Core 85.3 46% 69.3 Pts	4-Core 151 8-Core 157 20% 154 Pts	64-Core 147 9% 147 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 240 2,991 User benchmarks, average bench 4% PwrHis(1787 2000) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	3.95% Terrible	Lighting 4.7 Reflection 4.5 Parallax 6.7 4% 5.3 fps	MRender 4.4 Gravity 5.5 Splatting 5.3 4% 5.07 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.95% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 80 49 67 59 54 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	34.2% Below average	Read 143 Write 186 Mixed 106 SusWrite 66.1 28% 125 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 42.1 4K Mixed 18.6 74% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 22.9 DQ Write 64.8 DQ Mixed 22.3 23% 36.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 265GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 60 58 60 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 63.5 Write 57.9 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 59.7 42% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 662GB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 50 67 53 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 164 Write 143 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 72.5 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 112%
WD My Book 1140 3TB 6,710 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 2TB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 120 120 120 120 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 97.6 Write 81.8 Mixed 63 SusWrite 120 122% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 57% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-1600 CL9 4GB0 DDR3-1600 CL9 4GB0 8GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 10.7 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 5.2 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 7.2 17% 5.97 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 39%

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Typical A880GU3 Builds (Compare 7 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Biostar A880GU3

CPU
Phenom II X4 840AMD $150Bench 47%, 5,147 samples	2x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	1x
Phenom II X4 B55AMDBench 54%, 3,005 samples	1x

GPU
Radeon HD 4250ATIBench 1%, 5,806 samples	2x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	1x
GeForce GTS 450NvidiaBench 7%, 25,436 samples	1x

SSD
EYOTA-128GB 128GBBench 64%, 143 samples	2x
OCZ TL100 240GBToshiba $56Bench 63%, 10,555 samples	1x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	1x

RAM
HX316C10F/8 1x8GBKingstonBench 28%, 591 samples	2x
HMT325U6CFR8C-H9 25664Y133I0000HYN0 4GBHynixBench 30%, 2 samples	2x
99U5474-020.A00LF 1x4GBKingstonBench 25%, 235 samples	1x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $150

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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