Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	40.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58% 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 (77%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '17 at 14:40
Run Duration	312 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	77%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	54% Above average	Memory 77 1-Core 51.5 2-Core 106 49% 78.3 Pts	4-Core 170 8-Core 285 28% 227 Pts	64-Core 312 19% 312 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.8% Average	Lighting 53.1 Reflection 36 Parallax 46.8 43% 45.3 fps	MRender 49.3 Gravity 48.1 Splatting 38 36% 45.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 153 100 2713 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 598 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5208 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5423 (A9) Unknown 100 100 31 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5381 (AE) Unknown 100 100 76 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 100 261993005101 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 180 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1097458 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10538 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12216	58% Above average	Read 506 Write 353 Mixed 390 92% 417 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 37 4K Mixed 3.95 46% 18.3 MB/s	DQ Read 18.7 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 11 28% 55.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 735GB free Firmware: HP16 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 22640 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2142 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 82026507741 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28081 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1259 (B4) Unknown 100 100 3936827236 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065719 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 54 706215974 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 539 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2293 (C2) HDA temperature 38 46 34359738406 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 8 22640 (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	68.1% Good	Read 119 Write 119 Mixed 106 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 0.66 4K Mixed 0.4 69% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 75%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 29GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	8.75% Terrible	Read 22.9 Write 8.93 Mixed 15.4 18% 15.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.19 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.58 63% 1.86 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.75% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.6% Below average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 12 MC Mixed 11.5 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 7.2 18% 6.47 GB/s	Latency 86.3 46% 86.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 85%

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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