Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 51.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	34.2% 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	23.2% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Very high background CPU (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	0.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '19 at 01:35
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	99%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Memory 62.8 1-Core 59.7 2-Core 134 50% 85.4 Pts	4-Core 221 8-Core 376 36% 299 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2968) 2GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (81^st percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (43 fps cap detected)	34.2% Below average	Lighting 43.2 Reflection 43.3 Parallax 44.6 35% 43.7 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 42.2 Splatting 37.1 32% 39.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 57 30 34 26 31 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	Read 253 Write 356 Mixed 148 SusWrite 42.1 45% 200 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 12.9 4K Mixed 0.6 16% 6.47 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 129 99% 134 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 118%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 347GB free Firmware: 15.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 96 114 108 117 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 114 Write 114 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 108 73% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL25664TR1608.16FF 4x2GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	22.4% Poor	MC Read 8.9 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 7.7 24% 8.47 GB/s	SC Read 0.6 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 0.3 5% 1.73 GB/s	Latency 120 33% 120 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 65%

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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	430x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	112x
FX-8370AMD $175Bench 62%, 34,720 samples	85x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	85x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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