Biostar TA970 Plus

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	78.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Biostar TA970 Plus (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150130
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 11 '18 at 20:02
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (40^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)	69.3% Good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 71.4 2-Core 142 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 265 8-Core 435 43% 350 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3978) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.64 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 44.7 Reflection 50.7 Parallax 41.6 36% 45.6 fps	Gravity 44.7 Splatting 54.3 44% 49.5 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 366GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 0 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3683 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 703 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 30 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 60 171799347226 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 13834198240 (F7) Unknown 100 100 457797997 (F8) Unknown 100 100 114873161 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1933 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	78.9% Very good	Read 402 Write 315 Mixed 294 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 33.5 126% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 99.2 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 49.5 52% 85.8 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 816GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 67 63 5907310 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3743 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4096036 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3648 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 676 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 61 437321754 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3747 (C2) HDA temperature 26 9 38654705690 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 5907310 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 103830834383473 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4853329300 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2146896546	89.6% Excellent	Read 163 Write 149 Mixed 119 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.25 98% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 766GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 166115178 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1841 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3423241 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1672 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 314 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 62 403701784 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1843 (C2) HDA temperature 24 8 34359738392 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 166115178 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 260 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 57419417781432 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3295580143 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3910019004	81.3% Excellent	Read 138 Write 146 Mixed 119 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.32 103% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.8% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 14.9 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.2 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 63%

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Typical TA970 Plus Builds (Compare 7 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 17%

Surfboard

Desktop 64%

Destroyer

Workstation 14%

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Motherboard: Biostar TA970 Plus

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	4x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	2x
Phenom II X4 B50AMDBench 52%, 3,245 samples	1x

GPU
HD 7870AMD $203Bench 26%, 42,130 samples	1x
R7 260XAMD $120Bench 20%, 38,521 samples	1x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	1x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	1x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	1x

RAM
KHX1600C9D3/4GX Samsung M378B5673FH0-CH9 Samsung M378B5673FH0-CH9 8GBKingstonBench 36%, 5 samples	2x
Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 55%, 10,150 samples	1x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	1x

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Value: 40% - Below average

Total price: $278

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