Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 61%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	68.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '18 at 03:16
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	61% Good	Memory 78.3 1-Core 66.1 2-Core 132 56% 92.1 Pts	4-Core 237 8-Core 361 37% 299 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.7% Good	Lighting 73.5 Reflection 87.2 Parallax 148 60% 103 fps	MRender 85.3 Gravity 97.5 Splatting 123 86% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 240GB 7,812 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSBG200 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 619 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 459 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 268 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 41 49 128852230185 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 268 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 310602 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 91 91 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 310602 (F2) Unknown 100 100 172848 (F9) Unknown 100 100 6765 (FC) Unknown 100 100 33	69.2% Good	Read 483 Write 366 Mixed 270 82% 373 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 16.4 83% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 24.2 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 54.6 45% 61.5 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 90%
Seagate ST3360320AS 360GB-$79 6,615 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 68GB free Firmware: 3.CHL Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 70 70 31603 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 460533175437 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 55863 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 78 78 22990 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 34 723845157 (C2) HDA temperature 37 66 73014444069 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 59 51 36056695 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	33.6% Below average	Read 52.3 Write 64.6 Mixed 57.1 44% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.22 75% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-500.A01LF 9905403-559.A00LF 16GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1066, 1066 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.2% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 13.1 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 10.1 26% 8.9 GB/s	Latency 83.8 48% 83.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 54%

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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 $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 $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