Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.12% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	34.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160816
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '17 at 15:09
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Memory 79.8 1-Core 31.5 2-Core 97.1 45% 69.5 Pts	4-Core 205 8-Core 285 31% 245 Pts	64-Core 284 18% 284 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% XFX(1682 304A) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.12% Terrible	Lighting 1.37 Reflection 1.81 Parallax 1.66 1% 1.61 fps	MRender 1.67 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.61 1% 1.37 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.12% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba A100 120GB 1,960 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFA10.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 177 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 167 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 196 196 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 87 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141735100449	34.1% Below average	Read 378 Write 7.59 Mixed 403 58% 263 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 12.8 4K Mixed 10.6 54% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 81.2 DQ Write 32.3 DQ Mixed 0.19 15% 37.9 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 89%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 173 4108 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 406 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1003 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 398 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 94 94 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4415 (C2) HDA temperature 118 110 1907741 (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	76.3% Very good	Read 140 Write 126 Mixed 122 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.28 97% 1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 775GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 49588786 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1314 (05) Reallocated sector count 94 94 248 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 4358261115 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1082 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1305 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 655370 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 58 555745313 (C2) HDA temperature 33 42 64424509473 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 31 49588786 (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 -82433307307915 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1473457064 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1842197137	55.7% Above average	Read 101 Write 92.7 Mixed 97 73% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.45 98% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 2x4GB 1,544 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43% Average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 15 46% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 4.7 SC Mixed 7.6 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 81 49% 81 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 60%

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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) $35	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