Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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 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 56.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	65.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	8.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '20 at 02:45
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6200 Six-Core-$40 5,908 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Memory 76.7 1-Core 62.3 2-Core 114 53% 84.3 Pts	4-Core 202 8-Core 271 30% 237 Pts	64-Core 250 15% 250 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Asus(1043 86BD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.1% Good	Lighting 83.8 Reflection 82 Parallax 78.1 68% 81.3 fps	MRender 67.2 Gravity 76.1 Splatting 72.3 59% 71.9 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)-$59 8,648 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 371 351 347 327 326 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 933 Write 872 Mixed 872 SusWrite 361 170% 759 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 43.3 145% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 312 212% 265 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 228%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 70GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 201 114 38 23 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 458 Write 377 Mixed 7.8 SusWrite 116 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.3 40% 9.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 92%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 401GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 56 38 39 42 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 112 Write 111 Mixed 75 SusWrite 45 64% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 84%
Storejet Transcend 1TB 562 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 304GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 28 29 29 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 28.2 Write 25.5 Mixed 24.5 SusWrite 28.6 20% 26.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-442.A00LF 2x4GB 1,854 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.8% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 14.2 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 9.4 23% 7.9 GB/s	Latency 86.9 46% 86.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 63%

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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%

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 $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