Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 34.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	28.4% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160816
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '18 at 01:04
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	34.1% Below average	Memory 55 1-Core 21.3 2-Core 39.5 28% 38.6 Pts	4-Core 72.8 8-Core 129 12% 101 Pts	64-Core 130 8% 130 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 0470) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1265 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.7.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.4% Poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 31.1 Parallax 81 16% 44 fps	MRender 58.5 Gravity 53.1 Splatting 74.3 52% 62 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 372GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 85 88 97 76 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 150 Write 130 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 90.3 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.1 187% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 109%
Toshiba MK1059GSM 1TB 4,891 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 408GB free Firmware: GL00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 50 55 52 54 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 68.5 Write 58.3 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 53.1 37% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 721 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 12.2 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 4.6 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 7.2 15% 5.37 GB/s	Latency 143 28% 143 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 62%

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

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Typical 970 PRO GAMING/AURA Builds (Compare 902 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16