Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 61%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	83.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Very high background CPU (78%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA (all builds)
Memory	15.6 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '23 at 19:20
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	78%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	61% Good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 54.2 2-Core 109 54% 83.6 Pts	4-Core 187 8-Core 272 29% 229 Pts	64-Core 260 16% 260 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Sapphire(174B E353) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.20.27.09 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.8% Below average	Lighting 38 Reflection 56.6 Parallax 44.7 31% 46.4 fps	MRender 57.3 Gravity 37.8 Splatting 40.8 36% 45.3 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 310GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 298 329 355 362 371 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 633 Write 503 Mixed 536 SusWrite 332 112% 501 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 28.1 4K Mixed 26.5 79% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 301 222% 293 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 355%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 199GB free Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 210 225 242 250 254 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 364 Write 322 Mixed 305 SusWrite 230 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 21.9 4K Mixed 13 51% 16.6 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 48.4 82% 158 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 191GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 172 177 180 182 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 175 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 176 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/4G 20GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 12.7 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 11.2 27% 9.4 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 59%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	67	55	0	72.3"	1280 720	GSM0001 LG TV

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Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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