Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 65.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24.9% 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)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (91%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160816
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '17 at 22:31
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	91%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 73.5 2-Core 142 61% 99.9 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 418 42% 339 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 841F) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.9% Poor	Lighting 28.2 Reflection 25.8 Parallax 31.7 23% 28.6 fps	MRender 40.1 Gravity 40.9 Splatting 27.3 29% 36.1 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
BP5 120GB 142 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 133 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 73 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 181 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 61
Poor: 52% Great: 102%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 465GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4539 (03) Spinup time 142 140 3883 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2636 (05) Reallocated sector count 191 191 187 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1494 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2599 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2611 (C2) HDA temperature 110 93 33 (C4) Reallocation count 197 197 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 9	57.5% Above average	Read 120 Write 80.2 Mixed 71.7 68% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.32 92% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 69%
WD Elements 10B8 2TB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 339GB free Firmware: 1012 Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Read 40 Write 38.3 Mixed 38.3 29% 38.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.19 63% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HU524303EP0200 BLT2G3D1608DT1TX0. HU524303EP0200 BLT2G3D1608DT1TX0. 8GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	45% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 15.3 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 13 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 45%

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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

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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