Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 61%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.3% 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	59.5% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '17 at 04:34
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6350 Six-Core-$100 29,222 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	61% Good	Memory 77.1 1-Core 72 2-Core 135 57% 94.8 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 326 36% 287 Pts	64-Core 310 19% 310 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 370 548 User benchmarks, average bench 29% XFX(1682 7370) 2GB CLim: 1102 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.9.1 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22.3% Poor	Lighting 26.5 Reflection 25.1 Parallax 30.7 22% 27.4 fps	MRender 26.1 Gravity 26.2 Splatting 32.9 24% 28.4 fps
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 30%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3570 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 889 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 282 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1048623 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 61 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3566	59.5% Above average	Read 490 Write 275 Mixed 335 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 38.3 4K Mixed 8.75 70% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27.4 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 8.75 26% 51.9 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 91%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 0GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1640 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 580 (A5) Unknown 100 100 68722622508 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 43 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 40 257698037808 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 60130852884 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 171 (EA) Unknown 100 100 207 (F1) Unknown 253 253 189 (F2) Unknown 253 253 263 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	57.1% Above average	Read 490 Write 135 Mixed 401 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 6.5 80% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 7.28 46% 106 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 78%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 177 5983 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1137 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3505 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 856 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 176 176 72467 (C2) HDA temperature 118 114 32 (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	63.1% Good	Read 113 Write 107 Mixed 101 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.24 94% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F6451U67G1600G 4x4GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.1% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 13.1 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 9.3 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 86.2 46% 86.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 59%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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