Biostar TA970

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.18% 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	49.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Biostar TA970 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1768 x 992 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140807
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '17 at 05:39
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 73.5 2-Core 144 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 271 8-Core 436 43% 354 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX 3,983 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 C884) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	8.18% Terrible	Lighting 11.2 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 3.72 9% 8.38 fps	MRender 8.9 Gravity 8.2 Splatting 6.78 6% 7.96 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.18% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 60GB-$57 3,190 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 55GB free Firmware: SBFM01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^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 100 100 188 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (A2) Unknown 88 88 29 (AA) Unknown 100 100 212 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 589838 (AE) Unknown 100 100 17 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 33 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 269 (F2) Unknown 100 100 140	57% Above average	Read 300 Write 327 Mixed 247 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 9.78 79% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 32.7 DQ Write 81 DQ Mixed 11.8 22% 41.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 89%
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^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 100 100 793 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 77 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 36 (A3) Unknown 100 100 12 (A4) Unknown 100 100 30792 (A5) Unknown 100 100 117 (A6) Unknown 100 100 16 (A7) Unknown 100 100 61 (94) Unknown 100 100 55432 (95) Unknown 100 100 2009 (96) Unknown 100 100 1832 (97) Unknown 100 100 1979 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 30 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 49 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 972 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 127678 (F2) Unknown 100 100 114181 (F5) Unknown 100 100 246336	49.9% Average	Read 360 Write 224 Mixed 229 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 32.9 4K Mixed 10.9 68% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 27.4 DQ Write 64.3 DQ Mixed 13.3 20% 35 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 107%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 14GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Read 30.6 Write 28.7 Mixed 9.82 27% 23 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.25 51% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 43%

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 (90^th percentile)	45% Average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 14.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 51%

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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 $273	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 $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