Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


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 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	51.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	78.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3200 x 1800 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '18 at 06:10
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.35 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 90 1-Core 76.2 2-Core 137 63% 101 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 463 44% 363 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E289) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.6.1 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.9% Above average	Lighting 62.2 Reflection 58.7 Parallax 81.4 51% 67.4 fps	MRender 59.9 Gravity 58.9 Splatting 75.6 54% 64.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 346GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1302 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 820 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 241 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12098377967	78.9% Very good	Read 514 Write 396 Mixed 411 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 20 109% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 35.7 DQ Write 60.4 DQ Mixed 20.1 23% 38.7 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 134%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 232GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (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 100 100 547 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2137 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 68 (A3) Unknown 100 100 23 (A4) Unknown 100 100 76116 (A5) Unknown 100 100 106 (A6) Unknown 100 100 35 (A7) Unknown 100 100 72 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 600 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 90043 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 24 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 348763 (F2) Unknown 100 100 368508 (F5) Unknown 100 100 608928	118% Outstanding	Read 389 Write 524 Mixed 407 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 68 194% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 56.5 78% 142 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 103%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 208416624 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1264 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6931765 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1101 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 723 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295163914 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 63 555286561 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 205 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2796 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 68719476769 (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 -133109626435742 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8899238143 (F2) Unknown 100 253 102568890032	102% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 173 Mixed 172 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 4.87 4K Mixed 0.55 178% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 931GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 91450936 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1754 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8631636 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1773 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1160 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 13 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 60 588840994 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 301 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4768 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 68719476770 (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 84314502990844 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10519229071 (F2) Unknown 100 253 301620573436	105% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 174 Mixed 147 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 4.92 4K Mixed 0.63 191% 2.09 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.2% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 17.9 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 13.2 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 79%

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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