Biostar TA970

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 65.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	40.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	38.8% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Biostar TA970 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140807
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '16 at 18:37
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Memory 85.3 1-Core 64.8 2-Core 130 58% 93.5 Pts	4-Core 244 8-Core 373 38% 308 Pts	64-Core 377 23% 377 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% PowerColor(148C 3001) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1013.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Lighting 53.1 Reflection 35.5 Parallax 65.9 43% 51.5 fps	MRender 33.8 Gravity 52.2 Splatting 44.3 36% 43.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingdian S280-120GB 120GB 1,133 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 112GB free Firmware: O1230C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^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 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 113 (A3) Unknown 100 100 39 (A4) Unknown 100 100 0 (A5) Unknown 100 100 0 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 84 (F2) Unknown 100 100 49 (F5) Unknown 100 100 0	61.2% Good	Read 356 Write 289 Mixed 289 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 16.9 90% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 31.3 DQ Write 89.9 DQ Mixed 19.1 26% 46.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 113%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2213 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 767 (A5) Unknown 100 100 110189 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 28 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 37 193273790501 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 93 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 264 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6553646520 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5671891047	38.8% Below average	Read 374 Write 194 Mixed 75.8 47% 215 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 12.9 4K Mixed 6.22 39% 11.7 MB/s	DQ Read 16.8 DQ Write 13.9 DQ Mixed 6.53 7% 12.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 56%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 466GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 155346800 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 304 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6871743 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 789 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 301 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 488046620 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4270 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 51539607580 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 138663019152170 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6866543421 (F2) Unknown 100 253 49535308047	80.9% Excellent	Read 103 Write 178 Mixed 82.4 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 5.27 4K Mixed 0.48 171% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 112%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 464GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 85 85 5250 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3088 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9516 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2926 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 55 403767320 (C2) HDA temperature 75 55 437321753 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1577 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	48.7% Average	Read 79.6 Write 89.6 Mixed 56.3 56% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.46 121% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	43% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 13.7 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 11.2 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 51%

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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 $175Bench 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 $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	5x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $50Bench 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: $351

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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