Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.73% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1824 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '17 at 18:13
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.55 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 79.2 2-Core 158 66% 109 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 475 48% 387 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 8C93) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.73% Terrible	Lighting 4.4 Reflection 4.27 Parallax 4.22 4% 4.3 fps	MRender 4.1 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.13 4% 4.71 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.73% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56 10,555 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFZ10.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3251 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1750 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 187 187 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1397 (C2) HDA temperature 67 50 214749347873 (F1) Unknown 100 100 151296	60.1% Good	Read 411 Write 224 Mixed 303 69% 313 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 11.6 89% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 5.41 DQ Mixed 16.2 33% 73 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 226GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 167048080 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3871 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 48400972 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10729 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3024 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 30065229836 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 65 44 13473611811 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2544 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 41179 (C2) HDA temperature 35 56 -140737488355293 (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 40346922785707 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24507203256 (F2) Unknown 100 253 35746941020	84.8% Excellent	Read 163 Write 133 Mixed 123 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 114%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 114GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 138 3875 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3343 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14782 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2966 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 60 39 13557694504 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1718 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1624 (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	48.4% Average	Read 85.5 Write 83.1 Mixed 83.2 63% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.46 108% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8JTF25664AZ-1G4M1 Samsung M378B5173EB0-YK0 RMR5030ME68F9F1600 Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 14GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 2048, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	46.4% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.3 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 46%

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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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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