Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '17 at 18:24
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 94.2 1-Core 75.4 2-Core 140 64% 103 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 476 44% 370 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 0470) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.9.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56% Above average	Lighting 69.7 Reflection 61.9 Parallax 82.5 57% 71.4 fps	MRender 61.1 Gravity 55 Splatting 78.3 54% 64.8 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba MK1059GSM 1TB 4,891 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 518GB free Firmware: GL002C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th 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 2252 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 8307 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 184 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 16432 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6527 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1863 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 6957 (BC) Unknown 100 77 513 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 42 437714970 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 135840 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 72221774 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 315941 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 20 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 48	39.8% Below average	Read 66.4 Write 72.1 Mixed 54.3 48% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.14 51% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 49%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 167 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2876 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5731 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2823 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1135 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1743 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.4% Good	Read 74 Write 136 Mixed 77 71% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.25 98% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 721 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	53.2% Above average	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 16.9 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 15 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 62%

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Gaming 23%

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Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA - $299

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	430x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	112x
FX-8370AMD $175Bench 62%, 34,720 samples	85x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	85x
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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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