Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

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


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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	48.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '17 at 16:27
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	17%

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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 77 2-Core 143 62% 102 Pts	4-Core 271 8-Core 461 44% 366 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 60GB 1,562 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 116 122114357 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 42021960042715 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1247 (AB) Unknown 0 0 5 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1805 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 5 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 63 64428638248 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 122114357 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 5 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 122114357 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 122114357 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 26581 (EA) Unknown 0 0 35376 (F1) Unknown 0 0 35376 (F2) Unknown 0 0 34079	48.6% Average	Read 423 Write 76.2 Mixed 125 45% 208 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 13.5 79% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 99.6 DQ Write 78.2 DQ Mixed 25.6 36% 67.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 69%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 411 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1TB free, PID 2321 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 86.4 Write 104 Mixed 95.8 126% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.28 58% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 49%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 411 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 890GB free, PID 2321 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 86.6 Write 92.1 Mixed 69.8 106% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.38 74% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.8% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 16 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 13 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 63%

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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 $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