Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 55%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	141% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160816
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '17 at 10:59
Run Duration	412 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 945 12,746 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	55% Above average	Memory 84.8 1-Core 44.4 2-Core 88.4 48% 72.5 Pts	4-Core 147 8-Core 160 20% 153 Pts	64-Core 161 10% 161 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 3552) 2GB CLim: 1320 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.65 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 23% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 238GB 1,346 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 919 Write 842 Mixed 839 193% 866 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 38.3 145% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 98.1 102% 166 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 102%
Intel SSDSC2CT18 180GB 141 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 33GB free Firmware: 300i Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 328 Write 194 Mixed 237 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 62.9 4K Mixed 11.6 90% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28.7 DQ Write 76.7 DQ Mixed 11.5 21% 39 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 77%
Samsung 830 64GB 4,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 26GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 449 Write 146 Mixed 227 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 48.4 4K Mixed 10.8 73% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 23.8 DQ Write 49.4 DQ Mixed 10.8 16% 28 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 63%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 175GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 56.7 Write 60.4 Mixed 53.9 43% 57 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.15 48% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 67%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 58GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 102 Write 141 Mixed 126 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.25 94% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 83%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 32GB 7,326 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 28GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	5.92% Terrible	Read 28.2 Write 3.64 Mixed 7.67 12% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.01 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.07 18% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.92% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB HMT351U6CFR8C-PB HMT351U6CFR8C-PB Kingston KVT8FP-HYC 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.9% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 12.7 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 9.6 22% 7.63 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 60%

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

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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 $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 $178	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