Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 7% 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 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 60.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4.19% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	38.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '16 at 18:35
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	62%

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 FX-4130 Quad-Core-$150 8,564 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 64.1 2-Core 123 58% 91.7 Pts	4-Core 191 8-Core 199 26% 195 Pts	64-Core 209 13% 209 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8501) 1GB CLim: 910 MHz, MLim: 402 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	4.19% Terrible	Lighting 4.63 Reflection 4.77 Parallax 6.16 4% 5.19 fps	MRender 4.1 Gravity 6.87 Splatting 6.91 5% 5.96 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.19% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mknssdcr 120GB-7 120GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 540A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9348560 (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 72189810322575 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2112 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 821 (B1) Unknown 0 0 94 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 26 49 51542818842 (C2) HDA temperature 26 49 51542818842 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9348560 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9348560 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9348560 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 0 0 8589934593 (E9) Unknown 0 0 38837 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9443 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9443 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12958	38.9% Below average	Read 425 Write 19.7 Mixed 39.3 34% 161 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 19.8 4K Mixed 12.9 62% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 86 DQ Write 19.7 DQ Mixed 24.6 25% 43.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 67%
Fujitsu MHW2120BH 120GB-$32 1,252 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 39GB free Firmware: 8918 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 123954 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 32374784 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4852 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8589934592000 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 3174 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 6147 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2765 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (B9) Unknown 253 253 0 (BA) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 12885098511 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 52 336658452 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 99 16580613 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 46727881 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 72398 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 141 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 457048064 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 31306 (CB) Run out cancel 100 100 429588217848 (F0) Head flying hours 200 200 0	17.2% Very poor	Read 29.9 Write 29.7 Mixed 29.1 22% 29.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.28 68% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,844 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.9% Average	MC Read 20 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 16.8 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 11.8 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 70%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA - $299

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	431x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	112x
FX-8370AMD $175Bench 62%, 34,720 samples	85x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	86x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	66x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	51x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	22x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	51x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	13x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $588

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) $30	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