Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '17 at 12:50
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 79.6 2-Core 142 65% 104 Pts	4-Core 274 8-Core 494 46% 384 Pts	64-Core 494 31% 494 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3308) ≥ 4GB; MSI gtx 1070 Sea Hawk x ek edition CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 118 Parallax 101 95% 112 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 106 Splatting 106 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 128GB 5,641 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13445 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2306 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 182 182 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 581 (C2) HDA temperature 73 53 201864314907 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	82.8% Excellent	Read 503 Write 339 Mixed 485 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 35.6 108% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 90.2 90% 146 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 348GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 103438352 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3854 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 69575777 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11826 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1939 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 91 17180131388 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 588513313 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 222 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 56 56 88002 (C2) HDA temperature 33 49 64424509473 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 872 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -53309134072678 (F1) Unknown 100 253 41872187964 (F2) Unknown 100 253 609904333479	88% Excellent	Read 158 Write 149 Mixed 142 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.9% Average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 16.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 14.6 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 71%

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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 $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