Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 47.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	74.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	125% 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	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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '21 at 18:37
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 840T 1,104 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Memory 67.1 1-Core 41.7 2-Core 84.8 41% 64.5 Pts	4-Core 165 8-Core 164 22% 164 Pts	64-Core 164 10% 164 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 57%

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: 19.30.02 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.3% Very good	Lighting 81 Reflection 73.5 Parallax 230 66% 128 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 132 Splatting 91.4 90% 113 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 1TB 16,136 User benchmarks, average bench 283% 784GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42A4SANA SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 414 470 620 627 628 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 1,051 Write 756 Mixed 118 SusWrite 515 135% 610 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 40.6 4K Mixed 39.5 134% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 164 140% 213 MB/s
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 373%
PNY CS900 500GB SSD 16,267 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 366GB free Firmware: CS9006B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 292 133 71 70 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 465 Write 332 Mixed 350 SusWrite 152 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 39.4 4K Mixed 25.9 100% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 171 130% 178 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 512GB free Firmware: CC45 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 161 Mixed 50.2 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 421GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 101 98 101 100 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 83.4 Mixed 65.6 SusWrite 99.2 64% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 175% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 62%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 400GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 130 130 131 131 132 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 124 Write 118 Mixed 25.6 SusWrite 129 72% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 72.8% 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 (3^rd percentile)	30.4% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 11.9 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 8.7 20% 7.17 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 86%

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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 $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