Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 50.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	50.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	69.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 15 months ago, 6 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160816
Uptime	10.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '22 at 18:29
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	85%

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PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Memory 77.5 1-Core 33.1 2-Core 82.1 43% 64.2 Pts	4-Core 126 8-Core 208 20% 167 Pts	64-Core 212 13% 212 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6160) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (63 fps cap detected)	50.7% Above average	Lighting 62.2 Reflection 63.4 Parallax 57.4 51% 61 fps	MRender 63.2 Gravity 64.3 Splatting 59.5 51% 62.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$121 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0919A SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 287 239 265 235 227 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 389 Write 345 Mixed 287 SusWrite 244 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 38.2 4K Mixed 27.5 92% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 189 154% 220 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 85GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 107 116 110 99 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 83.4 Write 90.1 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 104 62% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 12GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 11.2 35% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 9.4 20% 7.1 GB/s	Latency 85.3 47% 85.3 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 57%

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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 $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 $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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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $588

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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