Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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. 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	32% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160816
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '17 at 09:03
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	62.8% Good	Memory 79 1-Core 71.2 2-Core 139 58% 96.4 Pts	4-Core 253 8-Core 423 41% 338 Pts	64-Core 444 27% 444 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.10.2 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32% Below average	Lighting 42.2 Reflection 28 Parallax 53.5 34% 41.3 fps	MRender 27.1 Gravity 39.1 Splatting 33.7 27% 33.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 192GB free Firmware: 80.0 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 177 172 4150 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1269 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29309 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 538 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 336 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 880248 (C2) HDA temperature 112 86 35 (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	60.8% Good	Read 115 Write 96.9 Mixed 102 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.26 87% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 84%
Seagate ST380815AS 80GB-$35 16,844 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.CH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1727 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 196725446 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 40134 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1728 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 40 824508461 (C2) HDA temperature 45 60 51539607597 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 74 67 96053181 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 4294967295 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	29.4% Poor	Read 56.5 Write 45.9 Mixed 39.5 35% 47.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.25 67% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1600 CL11 Series Micron 18JSF25672AZ-1G4G1 Micron 18JSF25672AZ-1G4G1 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32% Below average	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 9.9 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 8.5 23% 8.07 GB/s	Latency 82.4 48% 82.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 43%

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Gaming 23%

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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 $57Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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