Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 67.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.6% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	145% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '17 at 07:52
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 72.7 2-Core 139 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 430 41% 339 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 720 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 4% MSI(1462 8C90) 2GB CLim: 797 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	3.6% Terrible	Lighting 4.27 Reflection 3.81 Parallax 4.31 4% 4.13 fps	MRender 5.52 Gravity 3.27 Splatting 5.17 4% 4.65 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.6% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 594 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 319GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 1,186 Write 751 Mixed 1,057 222% 998 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 45.6 143% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 84.4 83% 134 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 259%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 211GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 790 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 453 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 70 62 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2465624243	83.6% Excellent	Read 475 Write 371 Mixed 402 92% 416 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 22 120% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 66.4 73% 123 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 133%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 176 8066 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1889 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1909 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 792 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 334 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8253 (C2) HDA temperature 123 110 29 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 196 (F1) Unknown 200 200 1885780860 (F2) Unknown 200 200 2969243146	78.8% Very good	Read 139 Write 136 Mixed 137 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.21 93% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 87%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 6166 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2749 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5171 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1642 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 680 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14561 (C2) HDA temperature 122 95 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	81.6% Excellent	Read 141 Write 143 Mixed 128 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.29 119% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 83%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 176 8000 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1043 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1986 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 792 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 27009 (C2) HDA temperature 123 109 29 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 205 (F1) Unknown 200 200 2831767435 (F2) Unknown 200 200 7012843450	75.9% Very good	Read 137 Write 127 Mixed 123 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.22 85% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 180 7825 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1649 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2093 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1040 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 475 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11124 (C2) HDA temperature 122 95 30 (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	67.7% Good	Read 113 Write 122 Mixed 118 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.27 97% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 179 177 8041 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1500 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1983 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 792 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 343 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17205 (C2) HDA temperature 124 109 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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 571 (F1) Unknown 200 200 8743782255 (F2) Unknown 200 200 30551204181	46.3% Average	Read 104 Write 57.6 Mixed 56.5 54% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.24 57% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 1,459 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.2% Average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 17.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.3 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 72%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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