Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 61%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	128% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '17 at 13:34
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^th 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	61% Good	Memory 77.7 1-Core 68.6 2-Core 130 56% 92.2 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 421 40% 331 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6687) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 148 Parallax 128 102% 134 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 144 Splatting 112 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 201GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9285719294200 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 59 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 47 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 21 45 64427458581 (C2) HDA temperature 21 45 64427458581 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294964306 (EA) Unknown 0 0 973 (F1) Unknown 0 0 973 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1937 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3407902	66.5% Good	Read 606 Write 186 Mixed 267 77% 353 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 12 84% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 50.9 65% 117 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 201GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5704491 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -126564096278285 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 44 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 45 64427458583 (C2) HDA temperature 23 45 64427458583 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5704491 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5704491 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5704491 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294964074 (EA) Unknown 0 0 783 (F1) Unknown 0 0 783 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1885 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3473438	63.3% Good	Read 588 Write 212 Mixed 276 78% 359 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 12.2 85% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 19.8 DQ Write 87 DQ Mixed 11.5 21% 39.4 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 201GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -23381801959177 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 57 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 45 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 21 46 64427524117 (C2) HDA temperature 21 46 64427524117 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294963938 (EA) Unknown 0 0 593 (F1) Unknown 0 0 593 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1702 (F4) Unknown 100 100 4063261	57.3% Above average	Read 485 Write 195 Mixed 315 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 10.5 84% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 26.8 DQ Write 71.6 DQ Mixed 49.1 38% 49.2 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 85%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 994 Write 649 Mixed 748 177% 797 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 67.6 4K Mixed 28.6 141% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 21.5 51% 107 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 236%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 168288544 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 42 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 298044 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 169 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 48 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 63 353435669 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 333 (C2) HDA temperature 21 40 68719476757 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -109706349641585 (F1) Unknown 100 253 571062242 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5494539553	78.5% Very good	Read 116 Write 157 Mixed 124 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.21 120% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 110%
WD Elements 25A1 4TB 8,402 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3TB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 113 Write 98.9 Mixed 66 113% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.37 4K Write 3.91 4K Mixed 0.36 150% 1.88 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 2,895 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.4% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 14.8 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 9.3 24% 8.27 GB/s	Latency 85 47% 85 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 82%

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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) $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