Biostar A870

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 39% Jet ski	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.6%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.1% is a below average 3D score (GTX 1070 = 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	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	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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Motherboard	Biostar A870 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110119
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '17 at 05:30
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 17,985 User benchmarks, average bench 44% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	SC Int 91.4 SC Float 55 SC Mixed 68.7 58% 71.7 Pts	QC Int 364 QC Float 215 QC Mixed 272 65% 284 Pts	MC Int 363 MC Float 216 MC Mixed 274 43% 284 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970 4,150 User benchmarks, average bench 27% PwrHis(1787 2306) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Lighting 111 Reflection 67.1 Parallax 103 34% 93.9 fps	MRender 48.7 Gravity 84.3 Splatting 72.9 29% 68.6 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$200 6,087 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 5900 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 166358544 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1144 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4041348 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5546 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 182 (B7) Unknown 95 95 5 (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 70 55 521207838 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7113 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 55834574878 (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 -12043088296638 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3693556160 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7832705173	57.8% Above average	Read 50.4 Write 150 Mixed 104 77% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.6 193% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 93%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$40 11,582 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 465GB free Firmware: SM11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 215021840 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4755 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 452274 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11523 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 707 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 70 54 504496158 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 497 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7956 (C2) HDA temperature 30 46 38654705694 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	65.6% Good	Read 111 Write 116 Mixed 38.6 65% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 5.44 4K Mixed 0.53 187% 2.21 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 64%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$55 86,220 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 334GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 176 174 4183 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1349 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17438 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1276 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 702 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 646 (C2) HDA temperature 114 91 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 3	58.3% Above average	Read 103 Write 100 Mixed 87.8 73% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.35 99% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 78%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$40 11,582 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 141GB free Firmware: SM11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 100 2381752 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10538 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 785331 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11420 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 510 (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 70 54 504496158 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 394 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19150 (C2) HDA temperature 30 46 34359738398 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	44.5% Average	Read 74.1 Write 79.5 Mixed 59.5 53% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.51 182% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 30,578 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 11.3 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 9 20% 7.03 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 61%

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Gaming 18%

Surfboard

Desktop 40%

Jet ski

Workstation 25%

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Motherboard: Biostar A870

CPU
Phenom II X4 B55AMDBench 43%, 1,789 samples	5x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 44%, 17,985 samples	4x
Athlon II X4 640AMD $250Bench 39%, 6,958 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 12%, 25,276 samples	3x
HD 6970AMDBench 27%, 4,150 samples	2x
R9 280XAMD $210Bench 46%, 44,412 samples	1x

SSD
840 Evo 1TBSamsung $438Bench 78%, 7,562 samples	3x
750 EVO 120GBSamsung $127Bench 69%, 8,500 samples	1x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 40%, 132,113 samples	6x
4x4GBUnknownBench 45%, 30,578 samples	5x
8GBUnknownBench 35%, 36,989 samples	1x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $550

CPU	GPU	SSD
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $175	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $104
Intel Core i7-8700K $320	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $250	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $123
Intel Core i5-8600K $239	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $116

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $177	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $44
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $911	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $59	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $226	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12