Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 52.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	98% 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	124% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	28.8 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 16:31
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Memory 78.5 1-Core 53.4 2-Core 105 50% 79 Pts	4-Core 143 8-Core 194 21% 168 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.1% 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 (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 139 Parallax 246 102% 170 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 131 Splatting 91.7 90% 113 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 1TB 16,136 User benchmarks, average bench 283% 772GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42A4SANA SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 297 495 574 580 564 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 964 Write 167 Mixed 123 SusWrite 462 94% 429 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 47 4K Mixed 43.7 144% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 412 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 206 168% 248 MB/s
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 373%
PNY CS900 500GB SSD 16,267 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 366GB free Firmware: CS9006B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 295 142 70 67 67 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	30.4% Below average	Read 174 Write 103 Mixed 88.6 SusWrite 153 29% 130 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 16.9 4K Mixed 10.1 45% 14.1 MB/s	DQ Read 14.7 DQ Write 15 DQ Mixed 14.7 11% 14.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 517GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 100 102 101 100 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 177 Write 141 Mixed 85.9 SusWrite 99.8 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 112%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 421GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 97 92 97 98 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 100 Write 98.6 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 95.9 66% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 62%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 400GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 124 128 130 130 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 120 Write 116 Mixed 25.9 SusWrite 127 70% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 70.9% 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 below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.5% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 11.3 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 9.9 22% 7.87 GB/s	Latency 83.3 48% 83.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 30.5% 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 $79Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16