Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 62.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.2% 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	62.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160816
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '17 at 07:38
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 above expectations (61^st percentile)	62.4% Good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 70.8 2-Core 136 58% 95.5 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 381 38% 312 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.4% 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: 376.53 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Lighting 33 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 38.9 27% 34.2 fps	MRender 38.3 Gravity 40 Splatting 26.5 28% 34.9 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
BP5 120GB 142 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 205 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 76 (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 100 100 152	62.9% Good	Read 398 Write 329 Mixed 208 69% 312 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 53.4 4K Mixed 13.3 83% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 31.7 DQ Write 89.3 DQ Mixed 15.4 25% 45.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.9% 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 as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 6236 (03) Spinup time 142 140 3900 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2659 (05) Reallocated sector count 189 189 217 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1566 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2602 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2633 (C2) HDA temperature 110 93 33 (C4) Reallocation count 196 196 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 199 105 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 199 199 104 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 187 187 2782	56.8% Above average	Read 122 Write 76 Mixed 33.9 56% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.36 101% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 69%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 321GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 40.8 Write 39.6 Mixed 31.1 47% 37.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.22 72% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 44%

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 below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.4% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 12.9 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 10 24% 8.47 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.4% 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 $79Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16