Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	116% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 04 '18 at 22:07
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370E-$471 5,639 User benchmarks, average bench 60% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 79.9 2-Core 147 66% 107 Pts	4-Core 277 8-Core 495 46% 386 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB; Asus ROG STRIX-GTX1060-O6G-GAMING CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64% Good	Lighting 81.1 Reflection 80.2 Parallax 75.8 66% 79 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 73.3 Splatting 74.5 60% 73.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 52GB free Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6890 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2938 (A5) Unknown 100 100 360722 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 92 (AE) Unknown 100 100 671 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 47 279174316079 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 306 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 712 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14100998099 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18999427626	46.3% Average	Read 439 Write 267 Mixed 330 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 11.5 4K Mixed 7.82 38% 11.1 MB/s	DQ Read 37.7 DQ Write 18.2 DQ Mixed 5.91 10% 20.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 56%
Patriot Hellfire NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$233 2,120 User benchmarks, average bench 142% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 1,166 Write 583 Mixed 398 156% 716 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 18 101% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 24.5 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 19.6 36% 66.2 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 195%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 423GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 99598128 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5385 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 136705000 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8857 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3763 (B7) Unknown 44 44 56 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295032863 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 58 555089951 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 297 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15619 (C2) HDA temperature 31 42 77309411359 (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 44723494470364 (F1) Unknown 100 253 95982883793 (F2) Unknown 100 253 947166350791	89.5% Excellent	Read 129 Write 182 Mixed 144 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.95 243% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 112%
Samsung HM320HJ 320GB-$69 961 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 84GB free Firmware: 2AK10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 32 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 90 3205 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3118 (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 2446 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 374 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1392 (B7) Unknown 252 252 0 (B8) Unknown 252 252 0 (BA) Unknown 252 252 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 32 (BC) Unknown 252 252 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 180389019678 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 664 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 52794 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 180389019678 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 4	48.9% Average	Read 83.3 Write 86.6 Mixed 78.6 62% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.54 135% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 99[2/7/4]123(F/Y/R 2x8GB 340 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 19.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 14.8 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 86%

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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