Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 54.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	12.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	43% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161107
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 15:14
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Memory 71.6 1-Core 64.8 2-Core 119 52% 85.2 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 275 31% 241 Pts	64-Core 297 18% 297 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3670) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.31 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	12.3% Very poor	Lighting 9.97 Reflection 25.2 Parallax 10.1 8% 15.1 fps	MRender 27.2 Gravity 24.2 Splatting 24.1 20% 25.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 60GB 2,582 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 64862597022641 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1427 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1413 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 486221 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 486221 (F2) Unknown 100 100 348154 (F9) Unknown 100 100 13761	43% Average	Read 434 Write 67.1 Mixed 112 44% 204 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 46.8 4K Mixed 9.72 67% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 69.7 DQ Mixed 7.55 17% 34.2 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 67%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 465GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 9 (03) Spinup time 138 135 4100 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5533 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21681 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3077 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 207 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5325 (C2) HDA temperature 110 98 33 (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 3	66.6% Good	Read 136 Write 96.4 Mixed 139 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.47 113% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 69%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 118GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 174 2150 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2369 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5803 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2227 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 99 2 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098501 (BE) vendor-specific 72 49 521797660 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 1091 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 772454 (C2) HDA temperature 119 96 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	36% Below average	Read 67.2 Write 58.2 Mixed 61.9 47% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.11 49% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	MC Read 12.3 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 11.2 32% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 7.4 19% 6.8 GB/s	Latency 97.8 41% 97.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 103%

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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 $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 $45	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