Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 54.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.2% 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 (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	11.1 Days
Run Date	May 21 '18 at 04:05
Run Duration	748 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	87%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Memory 72.6 1-Core 45 2-Core 84.4 44% 67.3 Pts	4-Core 202 8-Core 337 33% 270 Pts	64-Core 340 21% 340 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 75.7 Parallax 72.8 64% 75.5 fps	MRender 69 Gravity 65.8 Splatting 72 57% 68.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$87 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41000WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3503 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1264 (A5) Unknown 100 100 40698362 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 38 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 493 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 82 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 67 68 292059021345 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1288492941612 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1560 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5496 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4718 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10692 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	56.2% Above average	Read 391 Write 214 Mixed 249 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 15.8 75% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 93.6 DQ Mixed 42.4 51% 90.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 107%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 169 6441 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 624 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1932 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 624 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 473 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3378 (C2) HDA temperature 111 109 39 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	92.7% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 166 Mixed 148 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.61 4K Mixed 0.27 120% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 101%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1TB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 38494860 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4963 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 50 42 1262746728088 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7465 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2723 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032836 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 49 655818791 (C2) HDA temperature 39 51 73014444071 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 21 38494860 (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 128247723471112 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3501258653 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1452873429	54.1% Above average	Read 120 Write 69.2 Mixed 76.6 66% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.37 81% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 61%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1TB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 199204013 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4964 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 49 42 1241266542816 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7705 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2723 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 538312736 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 68719476768 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 30 199204013 (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 -51196010155383 (F1) Unknown 100 253 812242024 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2809116014	51% Above average	Read 102 Write 75.9 Mixed 94 68% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.36 91% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 61%
OEM Ext Hard Disk 999GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 833GB free Firmware: 0000 Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	26.4% Poor	Read 89.4 Write 2.28 Mixed 44.8 34% 45.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.31 87% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 66%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$40 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 383GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 174 2100 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 205 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 423 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 204 (BF) G-sense error rate 87 87 13 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12671 (C2) HDA temperature 120 100 1775643 (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	41.7% Average	Read 76.9 Write 68.2 Mixed 71 54% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 50%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	52% Above average	Read 112 Write 98 Mixed 30.4 94% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.47 4K Write 4.58 4K Mixed 0.35 173% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 103 Write 84.4 Mixed 34.1 86% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.08 32% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 59%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 21GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 127 Write 67.1 Mixed 72 102% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 8.23 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 1 115% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x8GB 7,092 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 11.7 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 9.8 23% 8.03 GB/s	Latency 95.5 42% 95.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 63%

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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 $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 $290	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16