Biostar TA970 Plus

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 63%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	16.7% 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	38.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Biostar TA970 Plus (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150130
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '18 at 15:08
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	63% Good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 59.8 2-Core 110 56% 86.3 Pts	4-Core 204 8-Core 358 34% 281 Pts	64-Core 354 22% 354 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon 550 8,236 User benchmarks, average bench 14% PowerColor(148C 2380) 2GB CLim: 1190 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.3.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Lighting 17.1 Reflection 30.7 Parallax 21.2 14% 23 fps	MRender 29 Gravity 15.2 Splatting 33.8 22% 26 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20150818 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^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 100 100 451 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 855 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 57 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 88 (A4) Unknown 100 100 92823 (A5) Unknown 100 100 118 (A6) Unknown 100 100 66 (A7) Unknown 100 100 96 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 85 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 246 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (F1) Unknown 100 100 140695 (F2) Unknown 100 100 147457 (F5) Unknown 100 100 262778	38.4% Below average	Read 305 Write 149 Mixed 200 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 48.4 4K Mixed 2.95 51% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 19.2 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 2.92 21% 45.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 73%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$55 30,952 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 189GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 181 113 1950 (04) Start/Stop count 52 52 48566 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9785 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3400 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 1185 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 743 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 18 18 548464 (C2) HDA temperature 117 96 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	29.4% Poor	Read 50.4 Write 51.7 Mixed 46.5 37% 49.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.21 65% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 54%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 70GB free Firmware: CA12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 144640736 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3960 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 873666342 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26600 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 226 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 555221024 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 73014444064 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 49 144640736 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	40.4% Average	Read 70.6 Write 70 Mixed 60.8 50% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.56 113% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR3 1600 C11 2x4GB 2,053 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.6% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 8.6 28% 9.77 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 10 26% 8.97 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 59%

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Typical TA970 Plus Builds (Compare 7 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 17%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 14%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Biostar TA970 Plus

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	4x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	2x
Phenom II X4 B50AMDBench 52%, 3,245 samples	1x

GPU
HD 7870AMD $203Bench 26%, 42,130 samples	1x
R7 260XAMD $120Bench 20%, 38,521 samples	1x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	1x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	1x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	1x

RAM
KHX1600C9D3/4GX Samsung M378B5673FH0-CH9 Samsung M378B5673FH0-CH9 8GBKingstonBench 36%, 5 samples	2x
Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 55%, 10,150 samples	1x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	1x

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Value: 39% - Below average

Total price: $278

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 $40	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