Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	69.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	27.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '20 at 09:02
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Memory 63.9 1-Core 59.4 2-Core 76.4 43% 66.6 Pts	4-Core 162 8-Core 203 24% 183 Pts	64-Core 267 16% 267 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.1% Good	Lighting 83.9 Reflection 86.2 Parallax 88.2 68% 86.1 fps	MRender 85.6 Gravity 85.1 Splatting 87.4 71% 86 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
KingFast 120GB 1,476 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0517A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 178 122 75 11 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 292 Write 17.3 Mixed 18 SusWrite 85.1 22% 103 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 7.1 4K Mixed 0.7 39% 10.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 83%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 11GB free Firmware: 010G SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 91 104 102 103 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 378 Write 104 Mixed 154 SusWrite 100 40% 184 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 13.9 72% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 86.8 DQ Mixed 28.6 43% 81.8 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 758GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 172 189 183 185 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 65.7 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 182 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 881GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 99 101 102 102 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 90.3 Write 94.3 Mixed 48.2 SusWrite 101 61% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 1x8GB 2,814 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1066 MHz clocked @ 533 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	MC Read 7.7 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 6.3 20% 7.07 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 6.1 16% 5.6 GB/s	Latency 117 34% 117 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 34%

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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 $279	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 $182	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