Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 56.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	35.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	90.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 11 '18 at 22:38
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Memory 76.8 1-Core 65.3 2-Core 118 54% 86.6 Pts	4-Core 200 8-Core 362 34% 281 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 3351) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Lighting 46.1 Reflection 31.7 Parallax 38.6 38% 38.8 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 41.5 Splatting 36.3 32% 38.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 1,140 Write 343 Mixed 342 132% 608 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 9.71 78% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30.5 DQ Write 55.1 DQ Mixed 8.99 16% 31.5 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 144%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 106GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4680 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1361 (A8) Unknown 100 100 233048 (AA) Unknown 100 100 239 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1245228 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 119 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 211238 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8645	60.5% Good	Read 481 Write 321 Mixed 341 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 29.3 4K Mixed 8.18 59% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 78 DQ Mixed 45.9 50% 86.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 97%
PNY XLR8 120GB-$150 48 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 100GB free Firmware: 560ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 2763520 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -113163798314076 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2299 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 30 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 45 68722425883 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2763520 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2763520 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2763520 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 8589934592 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11651 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1707 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1707 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2596	45.4% Average	Read 325 Write 136 Mixed 184 47% 215 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 44.5 4K Mixed 13.2 73% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 22 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 42.5 38% 54.9 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 39%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 88GB free Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3416352 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -135566347723995 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1843 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 124 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 42 68722229276 (C2) HDA temperature 28 42 68722229276 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3416352 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3416352 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3416352 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 42949672961 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3182 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2361 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2361 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1999 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3473428	55.8% Above average	Read 476 Write 121 Mixed 195 57% 264 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 68.3 4K Mixed 12.7 95% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 71.1 DQ Mixed 10.9 19% 36.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 73%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4.5TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 139 Write 126 Mixed 97.7 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 4.48 4K Write 5.45 4K Mixed 0.56 350% 3.49 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 87%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 131 131 21493842209 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6632 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6481 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1862 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6632 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6632 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 176094773276 (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 200 200 0	96.5% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 154 Mixed 154 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.19 101% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL Corsair CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.6% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 7.7 24% 8.53 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 8.2 23% 8.13 GB/s	Latency 86.8 46% 86.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 49%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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 $269	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 $177	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