Biostar A870

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 62.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above 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	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 (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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 (56^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, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 55 2-Core 110 54% 84.3 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 218 29% 217 Pts	64-Core 216 13% 216 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970 9,594 User benchmarks, average bench 20% PwrHis(1787 2306) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 17% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^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: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 94%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$30 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 465GB free Firmware: SM11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^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: 18% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 64%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 334GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^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: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 76%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$30 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 141GB free Firmware: SM11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th 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: 18% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	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: 23% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 61%

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Gaming 20%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 15%

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Motherboard: Biostar A870

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	1x
Phenom II X6 1090TAMD $240Bench 57%, 23,506 samples	1x
Athlon II X3 450AMD $80Bench 44%, 4,468 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	1x
GeForce GTS 450NvidiaBench 7%, 25,436 samples	1x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1x

SSD
Q-90 90GBBench 52%, 256 samples	1x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	1x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	1x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	1x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	1x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	1x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $281

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