Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 51.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	16.3% 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	32.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (37%). 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	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160816
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '20 at 18:05
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 way below expectations (11^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Memory 78.9 1-Core 53.6 2-Core 106 50% 79.4 Pts	4-Core 132 8-Core 215 21% 174 Pts	64-Core 262 16% 262 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Sapphire(174B 174B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Lighting 21.9 Reflection 15.2 Parallax 19.2 18% 18.8 fps	MRender 12.9 Gravity 15.4 Splatting 19.6 14% 16 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 27 26 27 26 26 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	32.1% Below average	Read 278 Write 39 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 27.1 21% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 9.7 4K Mixed 12.5 48% 13.3 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 44 DQ Mixed 34.3 44% 82.5 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 114GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 71 71 71 71 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 84.7 Write 91.3 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 70.6 56% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 23GB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 102 105 101 105 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 97 Mixed 51.3 SusWrite 103 64% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 139GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 96 97 97 97 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 118 Write 97.2 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 95.5 71% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 114%
OV-USB USB DISK 64GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 56GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.9 0.1 4 7.5 3.2 5.2 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	5.61% Terrible	Read 17 Write 8 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 3.5 9% 8.25 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.9 60% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.61% Great: 7%
JetFlash Transcend 8GB 9,769 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.9 4.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	2.63% Terrible	Read 7.5 Write 3.5 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 4.6 6% 4.97 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 8% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.63% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 7,967 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	45.4% Average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 16.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 10.4 24% 8.23 GB/s	Latency 82.7 48% 82.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 79%

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

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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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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