Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	38.1% 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	150% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '17 at 12:37
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.65 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 83.3 2-Core 161 66% 110 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 502 50% 406 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 1962) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1526 MHz, MLim: 1882 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Lighting 49.2 Reflection 49.4 Parallax 43.5 40% 47.3 fps	MRender 42.5 Gravity 43.6 Splatting 40 34% 42 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 1,218 Write 677 Mixed 826 200% 907 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 40 170% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 83.6 92% 157 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 236%
PNY CS13 11 120GB SSD 265 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 69GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4778 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1083 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 55 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7930008 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 487 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19177	87.6% Excellent	Read 525 Write 466 Mixed 478 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 14.4 99% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 65.4 90% 166 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 90%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 927GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 198 172 1058 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 567 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 950 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 395 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 241 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1023 (C2) HDA temperature 110 105 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	113% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 181 Mixed 174 142% 189 MB/s	4K Read 1.31 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.3 137% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.2% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 15.6 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 12.1 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 62%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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