Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 63.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	54.9% 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	30.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '17 at 10:12
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	63.1% Good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 68.2 2-Core 123 56% 90.8 Pts	4-Core 244 8-Core 413 40% 328 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Lighting 68.1 Reflection 61 Parallax 77.9 56% 69 fps	MRender 60.6 Gravity 55.2 Splatting 76.9 54% 64.2 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 17037522 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 138942192028442 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1256 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 149 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 49 51542818846 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 51542818846 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17037522 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17037522 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17037522 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4756 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4235 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4235 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7252	30.5% Below average	Read 152 Write 78.5 Mixed 96.8 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 9.35 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 9.36 55% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 68.2 DQ Write 87.6 DQ Mixed 25.3 34% 60.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 73%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 310GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 168 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1464 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2720 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1241 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 132 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1331 (C2) HDA temperature 113 91 30 (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	76% Very good	Read 150 Write 115 Mixed 126 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.32 96% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 108%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 124GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 28GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 42.6 Write 10.5 Mixed 36.9 35% 30 MB/s	4K Read 4.11 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.99 62% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 8GB 120 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	41.7% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 13.5 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 12 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 78.1 51% 78.1 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 53%

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Gaming 23%

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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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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