Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	81.8% 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	78% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '20 at 21:11
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	60%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 53.8 2-Core 120 53% 85.5 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 399 40% 324 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% XFX(1682 5710) Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.8.1 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.8% Excellent	Lighting 90.5 Reflection 101 Parallax 187 74% 126 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 111 Splatting 139 97% 116 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 2,182 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 184 52 60 52 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	78% Very good	Read 458 Write 430 Mixed 399 SusWrite 106 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 38.6 132% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 408 DQ Mixed 169 158% 237 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 355GB free Firmware: MS2OA7S0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 93 94 110 109 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 145 Write 85.6 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 103 66% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 107%
Seagate ST3000DM003-1F216N 3TB 4,050 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 337GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 133 130 134 136 134 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 135 Write 135 Mixed 70.6 SusWrite 133 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 99%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 51GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 31 33 58 53 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 23.1 Write 44.2 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 45.8 26% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.3 60% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya NT4GC64B8HG0NF-DI 4x4GB 1,608 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.6% Average	MC Read 20 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 16.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.2 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 91%

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

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

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 $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