Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161107
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '17 at 11:51
Run Duration	404 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 77.4 2-Core 143 65% 104 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 395 41% 332 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 76.2 Reflection 74.7 Parallax 64.9 62% 71.9 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 69.8 Splatting 71.9 58% 70 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1473 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 93 (64) Unknown 100 100 1452448 (65) Unknown 100 100 241104 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 20 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 856 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 728 (B7) Unknown 99 99 11 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 100 163210068000 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2483 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1294 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1900 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3179 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0
Poor: 44% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 401GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 170 1600 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 737 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4882 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 576 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 210 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 24532 (C2) HDA temperature 112 94 31 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 95 95 3650 (F1) Unknown 200 200 51550289053 (F2) Unknown 200 200 39202264892
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 22GB free Firmware: 9300 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 16% Great: 67%
Seagate Expansion 1.5TB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 414GB free, PID 2321 Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 41.3 Write 42.2 Mixed 41.8 54% 41.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.3 74% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 47%
Patriot Memory 8GB 159 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2GB free, PID 5500 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 8% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 1x8GB 1,017 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 9.7 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 9.5 25% 8.83 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 38%

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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 $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) $30	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