Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 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 64.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	78.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160816
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '19 at 01:48
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	64.3% Good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 62 2-Core 135 59% 95.2 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 401 37% 309 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2173) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 83.2 Reflection 105 Parallax 126 68% 105 fps	MRender 161 Gravity 121 Splatting 96.3 100% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 240GB-$110 2,356 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 158 167 169 171 158 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56.1% Above average	Read 242 Write 218 Mixed 207 SusWrite 159 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 54.5 4K Mixed 27 96% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 155 117% 157 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 108%
Spcc Solid State Disk 1TB 17,192 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 900GB free Firmware: S0530B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 152 160 161 163 167 MB/s Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.5% Above average	Read 244 Write 220 Mixed 222 SusWrite 157 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 28.1 109% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 48.9 65% 119 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 351GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 137 143 143 144 145 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 153 Write 143 Mixed 74 SusWrite 140 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 109%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 776GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 137 134 136 136 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 126 Write 170 Mixed 82 SusWrite 136 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE 2x8GB 2,913 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.1% Average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 16 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 12.4 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 72%

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

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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 $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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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