Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.09% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	56.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 07:09
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Memory 81.8 1-Core 41.4 2-Core 81.7 46% 68.3 Pts	4-Core 163 8-Core 246 25% 204 Pts	64-Core 246 15% 246 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 3693) 2GB CLim: 1055 MHz, MLim: 1354 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.09% Terrible	Lighting 10 Reflection 7.92 Parallax 9.38 8% 9.1 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 8.5 Splatting 8.7 8% 9.94 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.09% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 120GB 15,567 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM11.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1403 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 285 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 94 94 92 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1179710 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1173	56.9% Above average	Read 306 Write 279 Mixed 280 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 50.3 4K Mixed 8.86 79% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 55.3 DQ Mixed 7.51 35% 81.9 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 88%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 162 6708 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 694 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2896 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 681 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1811 (C2) HDA temperature 119 101 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	89.8% Excellent	Read 181 Write 132 Mixed 137 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.19 88% 1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 100%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 546GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 68 66 9817 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11559 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13087 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4926 (B5) Unknown 100 100 12360519 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 221 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 40 257698627614 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1459 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 11752	70.4% Very good	Read 121 Write 124 Mixed 109 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.41 120% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 991770 4x4GB 220 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.5% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 13 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 9.3 22% 7.57 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 54%

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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