Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 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 55.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	25.3% 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	60% 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 (67%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161107
Uptime	29 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '18 at 04:20
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	67%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Memory 71.7 1-Core 64.7 2-Core 119 52% 85.1 Pts	4-Core 214 8-Core 377 36% 295 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.24 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.3% Poor	Lighting 31.6 Reflection 33.3 Parallax 28.7 26% 31.2 fps	MRender 30.9 Gravity 29.5 Splatting 29.3 24% 29.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 120 94 96 90 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	60% Above average	Read 298 Write 314 Mixed 273 SusWrite 122 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 27.8 96% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 257 188% 246 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 115%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 64GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 314 331 327 322 326 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 383 Write 348 Mixed 276 SusWrite 312 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 45 4K Mixed 27.7 90% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 147 139% 217 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 498GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 167 169 173 172 175 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 142 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 168 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 112%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 133 132 138 138 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 139 Write 120 Mixed 82 SusWrite 134 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 5,533 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.3% Below average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 13.6 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 6.9 18% 6.4 GB/s	Latency 97.4 41% 97.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

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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 $273	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 $45	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