Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 45% Speed boat	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 36.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	36.1% 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	69.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '18 at 02:47
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Memory 40.4 1-Core 31.6 2-Core 69.3 28% 47.1 Pts	4-Core 187 8-Core 190 25% 188 Pts	64-Core 188 12% 188 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% XFX(1682 9470) CLim: 1226 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.1% Below average	Lighting 42.1 Reflection 56.2 Parallax 57 34% 51.8 fps	MRender 56.9 Gravity 41.3 Splatting 47.2 39% 48.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 5004 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1102 (B1) Unknown 97 97 43 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 53 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12717929078	69.7% Good	Read 494 Write 380 Mixed 411 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 30.1 4K Mixed 21.3 78% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 73.6 DQ Write 50.7 DQ Mixed 28.1 30% 50.8 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 124%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 188GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 172 1633 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2256 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3479 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 800 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 172 172 85730 (C2) HDA temperature 113 106 34 (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	59.8% Above average	Read 106 Write 102 Mixed 95 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.25 86% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 12GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 11.9 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 3.7 SC Write 4 SC Mixed 4.9 12% 4.2 GB/s	Latency 200 20% 200 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 62%

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

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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 $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 $178	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