Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 63.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.1% 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	73.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	18.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '17 at 13:03
Run Duration	864 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	63.5% Good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 67 2-Core 122 57% 91.3 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 368 36% 297 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 04E3) CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.1% Below average	Lighting 34.2 Reflection 49.9 Parallax 60.2 28% 48.1 fps	MRender 50.9 Gravity 40.5 Splatting 37 34% 42.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS5 00G1B0B-00AS40 500GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 466GB free Firmware: X411 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 568 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 215 (A5) Unknown 100 100 30474619 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 40 (A8) Unknown 100 100 16 (A9) Unknown 100 100 426 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 56 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 72 309239808048 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1133888143624 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3838 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4129 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3924 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3345 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	67% Good	Read 409 Write 235 Mixed 206 62% 283 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 50 4K Mixed 18.8 93% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 41.5 73% 146 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 105%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 371GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 71 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 74 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 52 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3348797850	96.5% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 381 Mixed 409 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 39.5 140% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 111 114% 189 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 133%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 233GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 1,122 Write 630 Mixed 789 187% 847 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 37.2 163% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 125 139% 238 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 236%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 246GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1036 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 393 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 51 (AE) Unknown 100 100 100 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 48 223339937832 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 21 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 33077085264 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1034340073 (F8) Unknown 100 100 104001881 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1954 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	73.6% Very good	Read 453 Write 297 Mixed 333 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 23.3 94% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 47.3 75% 147 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 99%
Seagate ST10000V N0004-1ZD101 10TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 7TB free Firmware: SC60 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 67 64 5052973 (03) Spinup time 87 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 825 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 158228603 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -65124589108337 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 339 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 41 41 59 (BE) vendor-specific 61 56 656277543 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2536 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27230 (C2) HDA temperature 39 44 111669149735 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 13 1 5052973 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -22454089022948 (F1) Unknown 100 253 50936203868 (F2) Unknown 100 253 55369362938
Poor: 48% Great: 121%
Seagate ST6000VN0041-2EL11C 6TB 247 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4.5TB free Firmware: SC61 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 82 64 174093733 (03) Spinup time 86 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 316 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 62557032 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 127990025421110 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 111 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 57 689766441 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 674 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11890 (C2) HDA temperature 41 43 107374182441 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 1 174093733 (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 -115719303855895 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12165364923 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10237035036
Poor: 51% Great: 109%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 70 64 10151902 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 850 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 61 14328332 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 45333379809818 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 317 (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 65 56 605880355 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 916 (C2) HDA temperature 35 44 107374182435 (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 33998961115679 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22044483037 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9057982524 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	62.2% Good	Read 110 Write 106 Mixed 89.8 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.83 155% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 68%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 1,841 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 5TB free, PID ab38 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 167 Write 112 Mixed 62 130% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 7.32 4K Mixed 0.58 273% 3.05 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 75%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 3,868 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 2.5TB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 120 Write 114 Mixed 103 142% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.13 76% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 53%
ASMT 2115 250GB 637 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 80GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 374 Write 365 Mixed 366 474% 368 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 19.6 2,057% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30.3 DQ Write 52.7 DQ Mixed 19.6 2,571% 34.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 209%
Innostor Ext. HDD 240GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 71GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 245 Write 221 Mixed 208 284% 225 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 35.3 4K Mixed 14 1,762% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 50.4 DQ Mixed 12.1 2,225% 29.8 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 160%
USB Mass Storage Device 64GB 163 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 59GB free, PID 168a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 5% Great: 23%
SanDisk Ultra 64GB 3,958 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 40GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 139 Write 66.5 Mixed 104 122% 103 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 1.46 126% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 38%
SanDisk Ultra 124GB 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 39GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 135 Write 78.6 Mixed 94.5 123% 103 MB/s	4K Read 3.81 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.81 102% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 36%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 32GB 7,326 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 21GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	6.89% Terrible	Read 36.6 Write 2.94 Mixed 6.07 13% 15.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.83 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.009 15% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.89% Great: 20%
SAMSUNG S5830i Card 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 13GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	12.3% Very poor	Read 20.8 Write 19.3 Mixed 13.3 22% 17.8 MB/s	4K Read 2.38 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.9 90% 1.59 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48% Average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 16.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 13 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 71%

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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 $90Bench 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 $76Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16