Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 59%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	87.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2103 x 1183 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '17 at 03:05
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	62%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	59% Above average	Memory 71.5 1-Core 75.4 2-Core 147 58% 98 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 389 40% 321 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6284) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 121 Parallax 105 82% 109 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 140 Splatting 109 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4022 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 972 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 190 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1638494 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 779 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5522	59.1% Above average	Read 462 Write 324 Mixed 319 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 8.85 68% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 22.8 DQ Write 45 DQ Mixed 42.8 30% 36.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 97%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 114632384 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 57 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2015944 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 133 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 33 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 505151518 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 220 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 77309411358 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 80298708566123 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2894084577 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3493820154	85.2% Excellent	Read 139 Write 158 Mixed 144 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.21 4K Write 0.44 4K Mixed 0.15 33% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 202GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 168 4241 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3464 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28374 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2588 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1766 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1697 (C2) HDA temperature 115 99 32 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 64 64 26712 (F1) Unknown 200 200 109480438522 (F2) Unknown 200 200 92030247182
Poor: 35% Great: 74%
WD easystore 25FB 4TB 3,961 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 3TB free, PID 25fb Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	67% Good	Read 163 Write 159 Mixed 148 201% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 0.29 106% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. 1x8GB 974 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	21.5% Poor	MC Read 7.2 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 6.5 20% 6.83 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 6 18% 6.47 GB/s	Latency 98.1 41% 98.1 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 35%

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Gaming 23%

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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 $57Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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