Biostar TA970

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 59.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	72.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Biostar TA970 (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140807
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '24 at 16:46
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Memory 82.5 1-Core 68.7 2-Core 125 57% 92.1 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 254 30% 231 Pts	64-Core 266 16% 266 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$238 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 552.12 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.6% Very good	Lighting 90.7 Reflection 88.5 Parallax 84 74% 87.7 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 78.7 Splatting 70.9 70% 88.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401120RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 171 166 175 174 175 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 383 Write 372 Mixed 267 SusWrite 171 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 57.3 4K Mixed 33.7 112% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 31.8 DQ Write 93.1 DQ Mixed 37.7 36% 54.2 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 117%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 274GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 186 183 187 186 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 178 Mixed 76.1 SusWrite 185 114% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 109%
MB2000GCWDA 2TB 2,811 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 636GB free Firmware: HPGD SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 173 167 175 174 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 163 Mixed 81 SusWrite 172 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 232% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	45.4% Average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 16.4 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 11.7 28% 9.9 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 50%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	66	55	60	24"	1280 720	ACI2493 VE247

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Biostar TA970 - $125

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	47x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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 $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	5x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16