Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 63.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.5% 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	95.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '16 at 19:29
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	63.2% Good	Memory 77.3 1-Core 74.9 2-Core 149 60% 101 Pts	4-Core 265 8-Core 452 44% 359 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 1962) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Lighting 46 Reflection 44.8 Parallax 39.9 38% 43.6 fps	MRender 39.2 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 37.1 32% 38.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 381 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 135 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 66 66 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1819849837	95.6% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 421 Mixed 472 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 35.2 130% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 120 117% 187 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 766GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 171 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 187 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 68 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 147 (C2) HDA temperature 116 107 27 (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	118% Outstanding	Read 243 Write 168 Mixed 165 144% 192 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.81 4K Mixed 0.36 145% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 108%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 125GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 237 232 8125 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6789 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15906 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6586 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6788 (C2) HDA temperature 119 111 31 (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 6 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.3% Good	Read 127 Write 93.4 Mixed 101 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.41 116% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 65%
WD My Passport 083A 2TB 995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 2TB free, PID 083a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 102 Write 104 Mixed 97 130% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.23 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 45%
Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250G 250GB 170GB free, PID 8017 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.1% Above average	Read 35.7 Write 34.7 Mixed 35.4 46% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 12.7 4K Write 13.8 4K Mixed 9.08 825% 11.9 MB/s	DQ Read 14.2 DQ Write 16 DQ Mixed 9.33 915% 13.2 MB/s

WD 3200BMV External 320GB 822 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 136GB free, PID 0704 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 36.7 Write 37.6 Mixed 37.4 48% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.28 68% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.2% Below average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 13.1 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 10.5 26% 9.2 GB/s	Latency 85.7 47% 85.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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 $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