Biostar TA970

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 54.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.77% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	81% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Biostar TA970 (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140807
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 22 '17 at 19:07
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X2 550 3,836 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Memory 91.5 1-Core 54.1 2-Core 108 55% 84.4 Pts	4-Core 106 8-Core 107 14% 107 Pts	64-Core 107 7% 107 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 2650) 1GB CLim: 1058 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	8.77% Terrible	Lighting 9.57 Reflection 9.38 Parallax 10.8 8% 9.93 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 13.1 11% 13 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.77% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 164 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 137 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 63 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1689345815	81% Excellent	Read 495 Write 389 Mixed 404 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 23.2 118% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 41 DQ Write 74.6 DQ Mixed 22.6 27% 46.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 124%
Seagate ST3400620AS 400GB-$55 3,016 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 694GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 87 223961054 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2690 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 55936562377 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2504 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1742 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 51 690487337 (C2) HDA temperature 41 49 77309411369 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 81 57 72543071 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	26.1% Poor	Read 45.2 Write 45.6 Mixed 43.5 34% 44.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.37 88% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 42%
Generic External 250GB 627 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 57GB free, PID 0840 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 31.1 Write 28.3 Mixed 29.8 38% 29.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.14 4K Write 7.11 4K Mixed 4.52 422% 6.26 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 8.2 MC Mixed 12.2 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 9.6 23% 8 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 51%

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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 $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	5x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $62Bench 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 $254	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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16