Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 62.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '17 at 06:58
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	50%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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)	62.8% Good	Memory 78.8 1-Core 68.6 2-Core 129 56% 92.2 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 409 41% 331 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% XFX(1682 2015) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	25.5% Poor	Lighting 30.7 Reflection 33.7 Parallax 37.5 25% 33.9 fps	MRender 29.6 Gravity 25 Splatting 39.7 27% 31.4 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB 3,164 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 931GB free Firmware: GKAOA9FA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 110 110 55877960280 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1187 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 32 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 50472 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 501 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1297 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1297 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 193274511388 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1608	47% Average	Read 80 Write 83.6 Mixed 82.8 62% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.39 112% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 47%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB 3,164 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 622GB free Firmware: GKAOA9FA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 111 111 55877960279 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 822 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 33 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 50489 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 503 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 900 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 900 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 201864445981 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	46% Average	Read 78.1 Write 81.8 Mixed 79.6 60% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.33 92% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 47%
Seagate ST9120822AS 120GB-$35 2,185 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.BHE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2321 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 217590486 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4000 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6881 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 227 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032840 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 71 39 488112157 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 5681 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 23 23 154918 (C2) HDA temperature 29 61 73014444061 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 78 55 123307805 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	19.9% Very poor	Read 34.2 Write 35 Mixed 34.8 26% 34.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.62 4K Mixed 0.22 49% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G CT102464BD160B.C16 KHX1866C10D3/4G 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 11.7 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 10.3 23% 8.07 GB/s	Latency 82.8 48% 82.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 37%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

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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 $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