Biostar TA970

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (88%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Biostar TA970 (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121105
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '17 at 16:48
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	88%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core-$150 8,564 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Memory 67.1 1-Core 43.2 2-Core 78.6 41% 63 Pts	4-Core 138 8-Core 156 19% 147 Pts	64-Core 187 12% 187 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Sapphire(174B E305) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 31% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 520GB free (System drive) Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 121 121 38684000753 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3970 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 28 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 20750 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3364 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4013 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4013 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 184684838939 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 7 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4	49% Average	Read 89.4 Write 81.4 Mixed 79.1 63% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.19 63% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 61%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 357GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 153 7116 (04) Start/Stop count 62 62 38560 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 4 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34678 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1709 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 38479 (C2) HDA temperature 127 93 23 (C4) Reallocation count 197 197 3 (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	38.8% Below average	Read 82 Write 52.7 Mixed 36.4 42% 57 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.37 99% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 51%
WD My Passport 0830 2TB 2,661 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 95.7 Write 99.7 Mixed 61.7 108% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.25 78% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 41.9% 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 below expectations (26^th percentile)	25.6% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 8.8 26% 9.13 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 5.4 14% 4.73 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 25.6% 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 $273	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