Biostar TA970

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


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 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 47.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	22.2% 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	55.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Biostar TA970 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130114
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '20 at 03:06
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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 Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Memory 76 1-Core 43.7 2-Core 86.6 45% 68.8 Pts	4-Core 112 8-Core 112 15% 112 Pts	64-Core 122 8% 122 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560-B 49,289 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 956D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1196 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Lighting 26.4 Reflection 29.3 Parallax 33.2 22% 29.6 fps	MRender 28.2 Gravity 26.2 Splatting 31 24% 28.5 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 708GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 101 102 104 104 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 391 Write 388 Mixed 320 SusWrite 103 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 29 100% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 31.5 DQ Write 97.6 DQ Mixed 44.4 40% 57.8 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 121%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 596GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 110 109 110 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 112 Write 103 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 109 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 667, 800, 667, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	27.3% Poor	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 6.2 MC Mixed 10 27% 9.33 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 6.9 18% 6.13 GB/s	Latency 88.3 45% 88.3 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 54%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical TA970 Builds (Compare 177 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Biostar TA970 - $125

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	47x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 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 $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	5x
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $60Bench 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: $351

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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