Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 59.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	77.4% 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	81.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '19 at 02:01
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8150-$770 22,181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Memory 77 1-Core 65.5 2-Core 126 55% 89.6 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 377 37% 303 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3707) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2042 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.4% Very good	Lighting 89.5 Reflection 112 Parallax 99.4 73% 100 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 107 Splatting 108 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 179 153 131 114 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 470 Write 427 Mixed 362 SusWrite 163 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 35.6 134% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 261 196% 262 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 77GB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 57 56 57 58 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 83 Write 79.5 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 57.3 51% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.2% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 12.8 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 10.8 26% 9.2 GB/s	Latency 86.3 46% 86.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Battle cruiser

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 $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) $30	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