Biostar TA970XE

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	57.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Biostar TA970XE (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120905
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 11 '16 at 03:47
Run Duration	323 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 74.1 2-Core 130 62% 98.4 Pts	4-Core 237 8-Core 297 34% 267 Pts	64-Core 320 20% 320 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6200 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	57.9% Above average	Lighting 76.8 Reflection 67.6 Parallax 60.6 63% 68.3 fps	MRender 65.8 Gravity 60.4 Splatting 55.1 49% 60.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Md012040 FUI 120GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0. Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 12668824 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 29351806524924 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1336 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 325 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12668824 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12668824 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12668824 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19683 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16759 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16759 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12455	62.4% Good	Read 489 Write 139 Mixed 213 61% 280 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 58.8 4K Mixed 18.3 92% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 52.4 68% 123 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 62%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 443GB free Firmware: 0001BSM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 216139360 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9407 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 119181671 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 33167 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1756 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 94490722352 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 47 656736295 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 256063 (C2) HDA temperature 39 53 34359738407 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 119 99 216139360 (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 110719961941192 (F1) Unknown 100 253 890137464 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3813547772
Poor: 18% Great: 58%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 390GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 204 112 2758 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14652 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 42009 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7611 (C0) Power-off retract count 192 192 6041 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 17 17 550964 (C2) HDA temperature 111 86 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (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	36.4% Below average	Read 65.1 Write 61.1 Mixed 57.3 46% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.36 103% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 44%
Toshiba MK1652GSX 160GB-$30 2,145 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 56GB free Firmware: LV01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 811 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4453 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 11468 (0A) Spinup retry count 188 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2766 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 38 673513512 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 316 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5439571 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 194986 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 266288955432 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 105 (DE) Loaded hours 90 90 4156 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 307 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	23.3% Poor	Read 38.6 Write 42.5 Mixed 50.4 33% 43.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.2 52% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 34%
Toshiba MK2552GSX 250GB-$47 2,386 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 26GB free Firmware: LV01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 973 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3697 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 8073 (0A) Spinup retry count 173 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2029 (B8) Unknown 88 88 12 (BB) vendor-specific 88 88 12 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 31 656670758 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 572 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8519810 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 66743 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 296353726502 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 94 (DE) Loaded hours 93 93 2980 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 318 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	23.7% Poor	Read 41 Write 41.3 Mixed 41.6 31% 41.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.29 71% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 31%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 1,168 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 117GB free, PID ab24 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 26.4 Write 26.5 Mixed 26.4 34% 26.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.4 78% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 800, 667, 667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	45.1% Average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 15.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 11.5 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 50%

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Gaming 12%

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 10%

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Motherboard: Biostar TA970XE

CPU
FX-8120AMDBench 56%, 25,690 samples	2x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	2x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	1x

GPU
HD 6870AMDBench 15%, 25,443 samples	1x
R7 250AMDBench 8%, 25,802 samples	1x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	1x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	1x

RAM
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	2x
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	2x
10GBUnknownBench 31%, 21,027 samples	1x

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Value: 11% - Very poor

Total price: $30

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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