Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.2% 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	131% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '17 at 23:10
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 73.6 2-Core 137 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 442 42% 347 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 370 68 User benchmarks, average bench 29% XFX(1682 7370) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.2% Poor	Lighting 36.8 Reflection 33.7 Parallax 44.1 30% 38.2 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 30.8 Splatting 39.1 28% 32.8 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PLEXTOR PX-256M8 256GB 527 User benchmarks, average bench 161% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.04 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 1,127 Write 681 Mixed 897 200% 901 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 22.6 125% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 22.6 61% 130 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 205%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 435GB free Firmware: GH2ZB550 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 220 220 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2308 (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 95 95 2567 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1411 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 721551504 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 60365 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 201864052760 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	72.5% Very good	Read 119 Write 134 Mixed 119 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.19 69% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 5,391 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.8% Average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 17.3 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 13.2 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 61%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

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 $90Bench 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 $76Bench 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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16