Biostar TA970

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 55.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	20.3% 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	46.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Biostar TA970 (all builds)
Memory	22.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140807
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '16 at 20:12
Run Duration	841 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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-$129 106,454 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 below expectations (19^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Memory 72.4 1-Core 58.4 2-Core 115 50% 82 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 302 32% 254 Pts	64-Core 331 20% 331 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% XFX(1682 3264) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.137.1 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Lighting 24.5 Reflection 25.8 Parallax 28.8 20% 26.4 fps	MRender 23.6 Gravity 19.7 Splatting 31.3 21% 24.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 112 48880476 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 139002321585268 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 773 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 168 (B1) Unknown 0 0 11 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 43 67 77313802283 (C2) HDA temperature 43 67 77313802283 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 48880476 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 48880476 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 48880476 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 54378 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17215 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17215 (F2) Unknown 0 0 27268	46.2% Average	Read 414 Write 104 Mixed 163 49% 227 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 14.8 72% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 22.4 DQ Write 65.8 DQ Mixed 46.1 35% 44.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 73%
WD Se 2TB (2013)-$39 2,177 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 887GB free Firmware: 01.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 165 6591 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1118 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9208 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 518 (10) Unknown 1 199 30651876099 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1047 (C2) HDA temperature 104 102 46 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.9% Above average	Read 92.6 Write 98.1 Mixed 81.7 68% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.25 104% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 775GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 241082632 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3484 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4428203996 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17493 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 765 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 827 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 54 13591052329 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 144 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 18 18 165672 (C2) HDA temperature 41 46 -140737488355287 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 49301929601932 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25090334717 (F2) Unknown 100 253 74708035825	99.8% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 180 Mixed 137 121% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.34 107% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 0740 1TB 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 209GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 35.1 Write 35.8 Mixed 32.9 45% 34.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.22 78% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 32GB 5,781 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 800, 667, 800, 800 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 13.4 38% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 9.5 24% 8.33 GB/s	Latency 95.9 42% 95.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 101%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Biostar TA970 - $125

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	47x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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 $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	5x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $60Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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