Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 37% Jet ski


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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	98.9% 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	131% 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	29 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	Jun 09 '21 at 16:15
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 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 below expectations (29^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Memory 75.1 1-Core 43 2-Core 85.8 44% 68 Pts	4-Core 161 8-Core 164 22% 163 Pts	64-Core 165 10% 165 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.3% 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 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.9% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 139 Parallax 249 103% 172 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 132 Splatting 91.7 91% 113 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 1TB 16,136 User benchmarks, average bench 283% 770GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42A4SANA SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 388 448 588 585 608 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 1,121 Write 809 Mixed 123 SusWrite 480 140% 634 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 45.5 4K Mixed 43.5 146% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 401 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 195 161% 239 MB/s
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 373%
PNY CS900 500GB SSD 16,267 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 366GB free Firmware: CS9006B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 277 172 96 67 71 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	29.4% Poor	Read 210 Write 90.3 Mixed 76.7 SusWrite 159 30% 134 MB/s	4K Read 8.9 4K Write 15.2 4K Mixed 9.9 34% 11.3 MB/s	DQ Read 15.2 DQ Write 16.1 DQ Mixed 14.2 11% 15.2 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 517GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 102 102 100 97 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 164 Write 125 Mixed 81.4 SusWrite 99.4 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 112%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 421GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 99 99 98 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 106 Write 98.6 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 97.5 67% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 62%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 400GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 128 131 126 132 132 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 122 Write 111 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 128 70% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.9% 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)	31.7% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 11.8 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 9.6 22% 7.8 GB/s	Latency 90.1 44% 90.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 31.7% 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%

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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 $274	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 $183	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