Biostar A960A3+ (A9)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 56.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	23.3% 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	26.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Biostar A960A3+ (A9) (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120214
Uptime	14.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '17 at 21:49
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Memory 83.4 1-Core 48.6 2-Core 98.1 50% 76.7 Pts	4-Core 174 8-Core 178 24% 176 Pts	64-Core 188 12% 188 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970 9,594 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 3130) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	23.3% Poor	Lighting 30.8 Reflection 22.2 Parallax 25.1 25% 26 fps	MRender 20.4 Gravity 23.6 Splatting 27.4 20% 23.8 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8737119 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -68015102092976 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2073 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1090 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 72 12889620509 (C2) HDA temperature 29 72 12889620509 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8737119 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8737119 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8737119 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 89 89 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 68684 (EA) Unknown 0 0 92568 (F1) Unknown 0 0 92568 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15106	26.7% Poor	Read 199 Write 77 Mixed 109 28% 128 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 13.6 4K Mixed 9.41 45% 13.3 MB/s	DQ Read 18.9 DQ Write 15.1 DQ Mixed 9.07 9% 14.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 73%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 143 143 34387526008 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3680 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5137 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 828 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3680 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3680 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 171798954013 (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 200 200 0	83.5% Excellent	Read 151 Write 140 Mixed 105 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.21 79% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 107%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 298GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 29 (03) Spinup time 135 132 4241 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5603 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29791 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3271 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 324 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5603 (C2) HDA temperature 114 90 29 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	47.4% Average	Read 78.9 Write 85.9 Mixed 34.2 49% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.4 111% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 60%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 456 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 925GB free, PID a00a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 25.2 Write 23.8 Mixed 24.5 31% 24.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.18 53% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL F3-12800CL9-4GBRL F3-12800CL9-4GBRL F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 16GB 284 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.2% Poor	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 9.3 27% 9.33 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 7 19% 6.63 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 60%

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Gaming 14%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 11%

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Motherboard: Biostar A960A3+ (A9)

CPU
FX-6350 Six-CoreAMD $100Bench 59%, 29,222 samples	1x
FX-4300AMD $73Bench 52%, 55,454 samples	1x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	1x

GPU
Radeon RX 560-BAMDBench 20%, 49,289 samples	1x
Radeon HD 6670AMDBench 6%, 32,193 samples	1x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1x

SSD
AS340 120GBApacerBench 67%, 5,956 samples	1x
SU630 480GBAdataBench 67%, 31,107 samples	1x

RAM
GU512303EP0202 Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB Micron 8JTF25664AZ-1G4M1 8GBUnknownBench 27%, 1 sample	1x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	1x
KHX1600C10D3/8G Adata DDR3 1600 Corsair CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 Adata DDR3 1600 32GBKingstonBench 42%, 1 sample	1x

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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