Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 62.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	96% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	136% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '17 at 11:01
Run Duration	275 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 64.2 2-Core 117 56% 88.4 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 397 38% 311 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6288) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 142 Parallax 130 93% 129 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 144 Splatting 113 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 17 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8997 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1609 (B1) Unknown 96 96 72 (B3) Unknown 98 98 17 (B5) Unknown 98 98 17 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 98 98 17 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 45 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 59 (EB) Unknown 99 99 777 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34960238802	90.5% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 378 Mixed 401 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 61.4 4K Mixed 38.2 139% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 65.3 64% 100 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 1,098 Write 651 Mixed 808 189% 852 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 63.4 4K Mixed 39.9 152% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 64.1 66% 108 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 236%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 138GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5827 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3587 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 72 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 7764 (0A) Spinup retry count 171 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1577 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 577 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 824 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4785 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 223338954793 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 9 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 200 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 25 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 92 92 3341 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 204 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	74.3% Very good	Read 139 Write 120 Mixed 122 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.23 100% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 104%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 121GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 235 (03) Spinup time 160 153 4991 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9312 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28696 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5421 (C0) Power-off retract count 195 195 4133 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9333 (C2) HDA temperature 100 89 47 (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	34% Below average	Read 58.4 Write 59.5 Mixed 58.8 44% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.56 127% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 58%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 66GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 151 4608 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11700 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 35019 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6582 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2337 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11754 (C2) HDA temperature 103 89 44 (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	32.9% Below average	Read 50.2 Write 64 Mixed 47.7 40% 54 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.27 82% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 58%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 30GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 11 (03) Spinup time 160 154 6975 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15768 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42903 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3972 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 793 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15746 (C2) HDA temperature 112 89 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 199 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 199 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 199 0	34.3% Below average	Read 55.6 Write 63.5 Mixed 57 44% 58.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.34 85% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 51%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4218 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14604 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1917 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1065 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3152 (C2) HDA temperature 100 89 43 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.4% Above average	Read 110 Write 93.3 Mixed 104 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.25 103% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.3% Poor	MC Read 7.6 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 6.9 21% 7.37 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 7.7 22% 7.63 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 24.3% 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 $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 $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 $40	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