Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 59%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	96.4% 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	64.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '21 at 20:26
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	59% Above average	Memory 74.1 1-Core 74.1 2-Core 123 55% 90.4 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 398 39% 318 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% MSI(1462 3810) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.4.1 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.4% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 140 Parallax 187 99% 149 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 131 Splatting 94.3 91% 114 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 500GB SSD 16,267 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 347GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS9006B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 328 70 71 71 71 MB/s Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	64.5% Good	Read 282 Write 112 Mixed 247 SusWrite 137 43% 194 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 29.9 114% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 164 140% 204 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 538GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 183 183 182 183 184 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 144 Write 125 Mixed 63.9 SusWrite 181 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 112%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 331GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 100 100 100 100 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 102 Write 96.9 Mixed 60.6 SusWrite 98.7 66% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 62%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 415GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 133 128 113 133 117 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 131 Write 47.4 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 125 59% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 1,487 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	40.6% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 15.3 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 10.3 25% 8.67 GB/s	Latency 92.2 43% 92.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 86%

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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