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 above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	72.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20161107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '17 at 20:14
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 75.2 2-Core 151 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 462 46% 373 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Asus(1043 8465) 2GB CLim: 1234 MHz, MLim: 1757 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 387.92 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 32% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Spark 128GB 1,967 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM10.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1290 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 783 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 86 86 121 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1835068 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 200 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2311	72.8% Very good	Read 370 Write 417 Mixed 400 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 56 4K Mixed 9.37 87% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 15.2 56% 124 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 81%
Hitachi HDS721616PLA380 160GB-$46 8,198 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 107GB free Firmware: P22OABEA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 93 93 524316 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 138 138 12895387776 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 11218 (05) Reallocated sector count 68 68 718 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 36485 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 10299 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 12209 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 12209 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 249107972128 (C4) Reallocation count 60 60 839 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 136479	30.1% Below average	Read 42.9 Write 61.8 Mixed 56.5 41% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.3 75% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 39%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA360 500GB 12,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 38GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 105 (03) Spinup time 141 141 12897550468 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5111 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 13 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10327 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4586 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5203 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5203 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 188978495517 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 14 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	42.8% Average	Read 82.5 Write 66.6 Mixed 69.9 55% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.3 75% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5402-047.A00LF 99U5402-047.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/2GX KHX1600C9D3/2GX 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.2% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 17.8 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.9 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 51%

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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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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 $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