Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 64.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	127% 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	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 (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '21 at 19:00
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 76.4 2-Core 155 62% 105 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 445 42% 350 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CHN-NGFFNV2280-256 256GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0802A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 455 309 109 100 98 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 1,154 Write 854 Mixed 770 SusWrite 255 169% 758 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 32.1 162% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 409 DQ Mixed 50.2 134% 283 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 181%
ShanDianZhe-512G 512GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 81GB free Firmware: S0513B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 348 264 18 112 18 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 497 Write 399 Mixed 361 SusWrite 182 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 25 114% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 41.4 68% 128 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 87%
Maxtor 6V160E0 160GB 1,693 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 142GB free Firmware: VA111680 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 65 65 63 63 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 66.5 Write 62.8 Mixed 38.7 SusWrite 63.9 43% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.7 164% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.9% Average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 17.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.7 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 79%

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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%

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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 $90Bench 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 $120Bench 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 $76Bench 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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Total price: $588

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16