Biostar TA970

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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	127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.2% 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.

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Motherboard	Biostar TA970 (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140807
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '22 at 03:54
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	63% Good	Memory 79.7 1-Core 76.4 2-Core 139 60% 98.2 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 420 41% 335 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 187 Parallax 176 141% 179 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 177 Splatting 125 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot P210 256GB 5,446 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: SN08735 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 51 46 14 16 52 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 293 Write 327 Mixed 265 SusWrite 57.1 53% 235 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 27.2 98% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 24.7 DQ Write 53.2 DQ Mixed 29.3 25% 35.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 100%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 109GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 252 252 247 248 231 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 403 Write 389 Mixed 338 SusWrite 252 78% 345 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 66.2 4K Mixed 44 144% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 41.3 DQ Write 95.1 DQ Mixed 55.6 46% 64 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 124%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: SPS6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 90 93 97 97 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 121 Write 109 Mixed 57.9 SusWrite 92.4 70% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 208% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 71%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 918GB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 90 94 97 97 97 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 99.6 Write 104 Mixed 53.9 SusWrite 92.4 64% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 68%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 32GB 1,207 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 25GB free, PID 00d2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 21 21 20 22 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	9.58% Terrible	Read 26.5 Write 24.7 Mixed 11.5 SusWrite 21 27% 20.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 9.58% Great: 37%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 16GB 531 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 10GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 7.8 7.2 7.1 5.5 6.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 24.7 Write 15.5 Mixed 19.7 SusWrite 7.4 21% 16.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.4 106% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 32GB 5,781 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 667, 667, 667, 667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	43.5% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 12.3 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 81 49% 81 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 101%

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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 $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 $269	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 $177	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