Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 58.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	10.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '19 at 22:28
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Memory 77 1-Core 64.6 2-Core 125 54% 89 Pts	4-Core 219 8-Core 362 36% 290 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% EVGA(3842 1556) 1GB CLim: 951 MHz, MLim: 1089 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Lighting 11.5 Reflection 13.2 Parallax 9.66 9% 11.4 fps	MRender 15.8 Gravity 11.7 Splatting 15.4 12% 14.3 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 500GB 1,388 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 221GB free (System drive) Firmware: DEM4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 59 67 69 73 76 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 82 Write 74.5 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 67.9 53% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 58%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 500GB 1,388 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 13GB free Firmware: DEM4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 98 102 104 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 110 Write 89.7 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 101 69% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. SUPERTALENT02 SUPERTALENT02 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.9% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 9.1 27% 9.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 9 23% 8 GB/s	Latency 86.3 46% 86.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 50%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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