Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 65%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	170% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160816
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '18 at 21:28
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th 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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	65% Good	Memory 77.1 1-Core 74.8 2-Core 154 60% 102 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 478 46% 382 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 139 Parallax 112 105% 126 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 135 Splatting 111 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 348GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 777 796 779 601 599 599 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,154 Write 754 Mixed 830 SusWrite 692 192% 858 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 64.3 207% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 398 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 350 267% 363 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 340%
Asmt ASMT105 1TB 98 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 732GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 29 30 30 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 30.5 Write 29 Mixed 28 SusWrite 29.4 22% 29.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 98%
ASMT ASMT105 1TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 461GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 143 145 147 146 146 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 137 Write 139 Mixed 91.7 SusWrite 145 174% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 138% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 64%
WD My Passport 25E1 2TB 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 336GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 39 73 85 86 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 81 Write 84.7 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 63.8 93% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 101% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.5% Below average	MC Read 15 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 13 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 10.2 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 86 46% 86 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 115%

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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 $90Bench 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 $120Bench 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 $76Bench 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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16